How to Use unnecessary in a Sentence

unnecessary

adjective

• In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
• Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
• But the news is adding unnecessary stress to trips to the grocery store.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• Is Sanders a corporate shill, forcing us all to still work 24 unnecessary hours per week to feed the greed of the C-suite?
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
• Simply pull the fork off the nail and voilà: A hung frame—minus the unnecessary contorting.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• Build with mud, and all of a sudden the latest and greatest tech seems unnecessary, says Mr. Rogue.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022
• But these site data get bulky and unnecessary as time goes on.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022
• Opponents of this closure view it as both unnecessary and an abuse by the FSB.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 10 July 2024
• Call in favors and stick to basics to avoid unnecessary costs.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
• The finished structure is so strong that steel roll bars are unnecessary.
  — Ray Hutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
• The direct pay provision of the IRA could make these kinds of agreements unnecessary in the future.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• Warren-Darby said the turmoil at City Hall is unnecessary when the mayor and the council are all Democrats.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
• Even with 18 tools, nothing seemed unnecessary or out of place.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• But many believe launch designs like the Long March 5B’s are an unnecessary risk.
  — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
• But many believe launch designs like the Long March 5B's are an unnecessary risk.
  — Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022
• Then stop responding to the unnecessary texts and emails.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
• My brain knew that every movement of my left foot on the clutch and left hand on the shifter (the concept is right-hand drive) was completely unnecessary.
  — Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
• That’s a lot of unnecessary misery, all caused by the perilous pursuit of profit.
  — Peter Ubel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Parking is available, but a car is unnecessary, and the Ginza-Itchome Station is about a two-minute walk away.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
• And while the intent may be positive, the approach can cause unnecessary spirals of fear, guilt, or doubt.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2023
• Cook's father, Jeramy Cook, said the YouTubers were just trying to have fun and the shooting was unnecessary.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2023
• But to wipe them out wholesale — unnecessary, even petty or mean, I’m tempted to say.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Nov. 2023
• The safety leads the NFL in penalties for unnecessary roughness, adding two to his total Monday.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• After all these years, Michael has built the Housewives’ trust, minimizing any unnecessary back-and-forth over glam—for the most part.
  — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2024
• It’s not loaded with unnecessary features, the fit is great, and so far it’s proven extremely durable.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
• Five interns nearly on the chopping block after the unnecessary death of a patient.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
• Even that seemed unnecessary, and even on some of San Diego County's finer tarmac curves.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2022
• Nadler pushed back on the notion that Obergefell was solidified and that the bill was unnecessary.
  — Mason Leib, ABC News, 19 July 2022
• Democrats and voting rights groups have argued that if ballots arrive on or before Election Day, putting the date on the envelope is unnecessary and redundant and the vote should be counted.
  — Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
• Sparks is an irrelevant one-off character, and his shooting of an unarmed woman with her daughter in the backseat exists solely to propel Athena’s arc forward, making the moment feel ugly and unnecessary.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024