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needless

adjective

need·​less ˈnēd-ləs How to pronounce needless (audio)
: not needed : unnecessary
needless waste
needlessly adverb
needlessness noun
Phrases
needless to say
: as is self-evident or to be expected

Example Sentences

needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
Recent Examples on the Web Now a conservative judge on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has told his colleagues the new terminology is both needless and misleading. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022 The facility's animals faced needless suffering and inhumane treatment, the DOJ alleged in its suit. Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 This is, needless to say, yet another in a long string of buzzy new documentary projects that have hit Netflix in 2022 alone. Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022 This was not, needless to say, the action of a responsible White House chief of staff. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022 His colleagues disagree that spending on climate change and social programs is needless. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022 And a local cat rescuer and advocate argues the shelter’s temperament test is resulting in needless euthanasia. Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 Many shared their thoughts on the entire outfit in the Instagram comments section, and needless to say, there was nothing but praises. Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2022 The victims – siblings and spouses, parents and children – shadow the living in memory, their deaths brutal, premature, needless. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of needless was in the 14th century

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