How to Use unnecessarily in a Sentence

unnecessarily

adverb
  • The suit said the teen's life was unnecessarily cut short.
    NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Whether Williams made the game unnecessarily difficult or saved the night was in the eye of the beholder.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • This keeps them off of the floor and from getting unnecessarily scratched.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2022
  • The film’s plot is an unnecessarily loose bag of bones, some of them inspired, some less so.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • That meant stale lollipops for the kids and unnecessarily long lines for adults.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Both restaurants and homes can (and should!) apply the method to keep kitchens neat and prevent food from unnecessarily going to waste.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Some people unnecessarily cut out whole food groups to achieve specific sizes or extreme weight loss goals, but this can take a toll on the body, Gans said.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Five years after his death, those closest to him are left with grief and the bitter taste of a life sacrificed unnecessarily.
    John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Some people unnecessarily cut out whole food groups to achieve specific sizes or extreme weight loss goals, but this can take a toll on the body, Gans said.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Time to pull out all the unnecessarily uncomfortable clothes that have been hiding in the back of the closet just waiting to see sunlight again.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 23 Mar. 2021
  • At the same time, Fed officials do not want to brake too hard, which could unnecessarily cause a recession.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • On one hand, breasts have given us so much, like scoop neck tops and those unnecessarily erotic Carl’s Jr. commercials from the mid-aughts.
    New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • We’ve paid for this failing in the hundreds of thousands who have died unnecessarily.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Residents were urged to stay indoors and not to travel unnecessarily during the hottest times of day.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
  • But the timing and unfolding of this process was bizarre and unnecessarily egregious for UConn.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
  • While each route needs convenient stops, too many can unnecessarily slow the trip.
    Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
  • Yet instead of learning from the past, the DoD is unnecessarily putting servicemembers’ lives at risk in the future.
    David Williams, National Review, 20 July 2021
  • In Sport mode, the Lotus feels restless and unnecessarily abrupt.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • As a result, the operation, crammed into the span of a few weeks, was unnecessarily rushed and poorly planned.
    David Rohde, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
  • This is a crime against women and birthing parents’ rights and is unnecessarily creating so many health risks.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 29 July 2022
  • None feel like they were unnecessarily kicked off the 13-track running order.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The next steps Around the league, the manner of Friday’s operation came off to some as unnecessarily awkward.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Now, the back slap was uncalled for, the language unnecessarily profane.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • The Jazz simply fouled him way too much, and often unnecessarily.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • The ending isn’t a feather in the novel’s cap, tacked on unnecessarily as some critics lamented.
    Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Ease of installation and care aside, this is a budget-friendly way to change the color of your couch without having to unnecessarily get rid of it and invest in a new one.
    Isis Briones, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The head of the state’s election board said the president’s comments could cause unnecessarily long lines during the pandemic.
    Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Still, no one wants to have their heartbroken and be unnecessarily embarrassed by dusty men on TV twice.
    refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • That way, the team could cut extraneous questions that obscured a client’s true vulnerability and could be traumatizing for a client to talk through unnecessarily.
    Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Yet many cloud platforms interpret this as a signal to allocate more resources unnecessarily.
    Luca Maraschi, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

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