needless
About 4.34 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Not needed; unnecessary.
This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.
- adverb Needlessly, without cause.
Similar words
unneeded unnecessary uncalled-for gratuitous unwarranted unhelpful meaningless non-essential irrelevant senseless
Often followed by
to and for suffering expense repetition waste pain here
Word family
needlessly needlessness needlessnesses
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