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need·less
 needless
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- pronunciation:
- nid
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
of no use; not wanted; unrequired.
Another chair would be a needless piece of furniture in this tiny room.She thinks I'm still a child, so she's always giving me needless instructions.- synonyms:
- dispensable, superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded
- antonyms:
- necessary, needful
- similar words:
- expendable, gratuitous, inessential, nonessential, otiose, pointless, supererogatory, useless
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| derivations: |
needlessly (adv.), needlessness (n.) |
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