How to Use unneeded in a Sentence

unneeded

adjective

• Built in the 1920s, the now unneeded dam blocks the movement of salmon through the area, choking off the ecosystem’s lifeline.
  — National Geographic, 29 Nov. 2016
• The lot has since closed, but the seats, unneeded in any case, were never returned.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 May 2018
• On the other end of the room, Cooney sealed the opening to the side porch and the door to the unneeded back stairs to accommodate a breakfast nook.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Close off unneeded rooms and place towels or rags in any cracks under the doors.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 30 Dec. 2017
• Turn off unneeded electronics and don’t heat up the stove or oven.
  — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
• People with unneeded or unwanted firearms can sell them to the city in exchange for gift cards.
  — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Take a look around and maybe start cleaning out unwanted and unneeded items.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
• Ahead of that, fans got a sneak peek at the credits, and many feel that one cast member got an unneeded introduction.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 18 June 2019
• Marek Houston added some unneeded insurance runs with a grand slam in the eighth inning.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 11 June 2023
• Those clothes will go unneeded, and the Orioles were the beneficiaries Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2022
• These women may end up getting unneeded treatments and surgeries that have their own risks and harms.
  — Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 21 Oct. 2021
• For more than one hour, their helmets remained there, unused and unneeded.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• Emergency room doctors are the first line of defense against people like me putting unneeded stress on the health care system.
  — Hal Rosenbluth, STAT, 17 June 2024
• Over the years, fishermen tossed fish guts and any unneeded catch onto the island, while other kind souls left bowls of water and store-bought cat food.
  — Diarlei Rodrigues and David Biller, Star Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
• This isn't the first time Thore has spoken out about unneeded Instagram comments.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 26 July 2019
• One of the legislature’s pro-Beijing members, Michael Tien, said on Facebook that the bill was unneeded.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2019
• The pair also made the case that McCall’s moves to strengthen records laws were unneeded and reflected her lack of knowledge, the memo indicates.
  — Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
• Plus, then spend the next 10 minutes walking while looking over your catches and transferring unneeded ones to keep space.
  — Gieson Cacho, Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
• Erase your unneeded guidelines, and begin to add texture and shadows.
  — Amy Raudenbush, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
• Patients were put through unneeded anxiety and pain so the doctor could make millions.
  — Sara Cline, ExpressNews.com, 19 Feb. 2020
• Fast-casual places use too much breading and serve pools of marinara sauce as an unneeded accoutrement to mask this dish.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2017
• The work-from-home trend has also prompted companies to dump millions of square feet of unneeded offices on the sublease market.
  — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023
• App designers can provide an unneeded feature and create a need for it over time.
  — Nazanin Andalibi, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2020
• The affidavit alleges the blood draws should be considered bodily injury to a child because the test was unneeded and Gasser knew it.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
• But Democrats said the legislation was both unneeded and immoral.
  — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2018
• File papers, bus glassware and plates, and recycle or toss unneeded items.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• However, with Taka driving and taking the lead with the meal, Yuudai feel useless and unneeded.
  — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 29 May 2018
• The review system was designed to prevent claims for care that Cigna considered unneeded or even harmful to the patient, Muney said.
  — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2023
• Puget Sound Energy is asking customers in the Seattle area to shut down unneeded electrical appliances, lights and equipment between 4pm and 8pm during the heat wave to keep the energy supply stable.
  — Axios Seattle, Axios, 10 July 2024
• Some critics argue that a policy shift is unneeded because a Chinese attack on Taiwan is not imminent.
  — Bonnie S. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024