About The Word Needless
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Needless
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What's The Definition Of Needless?
[adj] unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Needless: gratuitous | uncalled-for | unnecessary | unneeded Related Terms | Find terms related to Needless: de trop | dispensable | excess | excessive | expendable | expletive | gratuitous | in excess | inessential | naturally | nonessential | obviously | pleonastic | prolix | redundant | spare | supererogatory | superfluous | tautologic | tautological | tautologous | to spare | uncalled-for | unessential | unnecessary | unneeded | unrequired | unwanted | useless | verbose See Also | Needless In Webster's Dictionary \Nee"dless\, a.
1. Having no need. [Obs.]
Weeping into the needless stream. --Shak.
2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor;
needless expenses.
3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. ``Needless
jealousy.'' --Shak. -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. --
{Need"less*ness}, n.
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