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- pronunciation:
- uhn
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seI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
not required or essential; needless.
It's unnecessary to buy a new one if there's nothing wrong with the old one.The more expensive models have unnecessary features.- synonyms:
- inessential, needless, superfluous, unessential, unneeded
- antonyms:
- essential, necessary
- similar words:
- dispensable, expendable, extraneous, nonessential, otiose, supernumerary, surplus
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| related words: |
accidental, spare, waste |
adverb + (adj.)unnecessary
completely, entirely, medically, totally, utterly, wholly
(adj.)unnecessary
+ adverb
potentially
(adj.)unnecessary
+ noun
antibiotic,
barrier,
biopsy,
bloodshed,
burden,
bureaucracy,
casualty,
complexity,
complication,
confrontation,
confusion,
cost,
cruelty,
danger,
delay,
detail,
disclosure,
distraction,
duplication,
expenditure,
expense,
exposure,
friction,
frill,
hospitalization,
hysterectomy,
infliction,
intrusion,
killing,
layer,
luxury,
noise,
obstacle,
pain,
paperwork,
penalty,
pesticide,
placement,
precaution,
prescription,
procedure,
purchase,
regulation,
repair,
repetition,
restraint,
restriction,
risk,
roughness,
sacrifice,
spending,
strain,
stress,
subsidy,
suffering,
surgery,
taxpayer,
tension,
test,
testing,
treatment,
uncertainty,
visit,
wear,
worry
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| derivation: |
unnecessarily (adv.) |
The word unnecessary
contains the following part:
un-1
Old English
prefix
that means not
  More about this word part:
The prefix un1 attaches to adjectives to create adjectives that mean the opposite of the base word.
Example words:
unable, unarmed, unaware, unbeaten, unbelievable, uncertain, uncivil, unclear, uncomfortable, uncommon, unconscious, unconstitutional, uncooperative, undecided, undue, unemployed, uneasy, unequal, uneven, unequivocal, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unfair, unfamiliar, unfinished, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhappy, unhealthy, unimportant, uninhabited, uninterested, unkempt, unkind, unknown, unlawful, unlike, unlimited, unlucky, unnatural, unnecessary, unorthodox, unpleasant, unpopular, unreliable, unreasonable, unsafe, unsatisfactory, unstable, unsteady, untidy, untrue, unusual, unwell
- synonyms:
- dis-, de-, in-2
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