needless
adjective
unnecessary; not needed or wanted.
needlessness
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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
Thought of the needlessness of it wrung from him: "Ann—how could you!"
From The Visioning by Susan Glaspell
