unnecessary
Americanadjective
noun
plural
unnecessariesadjective
Other Word Forms
- unnecessarily adverb
- unnecessariness noun
Etymology
Origin of unnecessary
Example Sentences
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These are often benign but can lead to anxiety and unnecessary additional tests.
The government also called on people to "ride bicycles, carpool, use public transport, and restrict personal vehicle use when unnecessary".
From BBC
He said: "I just want to say to those families that I deeply regret the circumstances by which over the last 24 hours they have had this unnecessary anxiety."
From BBC
“All the Gulf countries agree that this war is unnecessary,” said Althunayyan of Kuwait University.
The Pentagon countered that such prohibitions were unnecessary because military policies or laws already restricted such uses, and pushed for an agreement in which the military could use the AI in all legal applications.
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