as in unnecessary
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end
needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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On Tuesday, as the effect of the OMB directive still was unclear, Gov. JB Pritzker harshly criticized Trump for throwing the lives of millions of Americans into temporary and needless turmoil.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Death, almost needless to say, is a distinct possibility, but thankfully your subscriber count carries over from each run.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The finish is long, lightly sweet, and, needless to say, quite hot, though not unbearably so.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Nietzsche’s genealogy, needless to say, was a more impressionistic affair, and didn’t reach back to any evolutionary savanna.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Death, almost needless to say, is a distinct possibility, but thankfully your subscriber count carries over from each run.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The finish is long, lightly sweet, and, needless to say, quite hot, though not unbearably so.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Nietzsche’s genealogy, needless to say, was a more impressionistic affair, and didn’t reach back to any evolutionary savanna.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needless. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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