needless
- unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.
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Contemporary Examples of needlessly
All of those who are positive have now needlessly spread the virus to countless others.
This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?Abby Haglage
October 3, 2014
Conflation of the words “intervention” and “invasion” needlessly stymie debate.
It's not all useless back surgery and unnecessary appendectomies and needlessly prolonging Grandma's death throes.
Never has such a strong political hand been so needlessly, carelessly, calamitously thrown away.
The last two sentences quoted above seem to me needlessly bogey-hunting.
Historical Examples of needlessly
His mother, Mrs. Goddard of Madison Square, was not needlessly alarmed.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
He will say nothing to hurt me needlessly; nor is it in his nature to do so.
The Fortunes Of GlencoreCharles James Lever
The adverbial adjective "needlessly" explains the broad distinction.
Shoulder-StrapsHenry Morford
I want you to convince him of this, and to beg him not to spend money so needlessly.
Doctor Luttrell's First PatientRosa Nouchette Carey
Luther, who did not comprehend his motive, was needlessly angry.
Short Studies on Great SubjectsJames Anthony Froude
needless
- not required or desired; unnecessary