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unnecessary
adverbs
totally/completely/entirely unnecessary
• The suffering of these animals is totally unnecessary.
quite unnecessary
British English
• ‘I’ll give you a lift.’ ‘Thank you, but that’s quite unnecessary.’
nouns
unnecessary suffering
• She admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering.
an unnecessary risk
• Neither team is likely to take any unnecessary risks, so the result will probably be a draw.
an unnecessary expense/cost
• He thinks advertising is an unnecessary expense.
an unnecessary extravagance
(= something that costs more than is necessary or more than you can afford )
• The chairman called first-class airline travel an unnecessary extravagance.
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adj. VERBS appear, be, prove, seem | become | make sth, render sth | consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as ADV. completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly No, no, that's quite unnecessary. | largely | a little, rather, somewhat | strictly PREP. to the possession of items strictly unnecessary to survival
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