needlessness
- a word derived from needless.
Example Sentences
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Judge Williams said "the agony of the family's loss is all the greater for its needlessness".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
We’ve already interrogated the needlessness of this movie enough, so I’ll give it some credit for what it did well: making me laugh.
From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2017
Central to Young’s outrage and sense of betrayal by his president was the needlessness of the war in Iraq.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
The most appalling aspect of the incident was the needlessness of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is hoped that the study of this little work will not only throw light upon the causes of war in general, but will also reveal its cruelty and its needlessness.
From The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe by Bénézet, Louis Paul
