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Adjective: unnecessary  `ún'ne-si`se-ree [N. Amer], ún'ne-su-s(u-)ree or ún'ne-su`se-ree [Brit]
  1. Not necessary
    "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"
    - unneeded

See also: excess, extra, gratuitous, inessential, necessity, needless, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessarily

Antonym: necessary

Encyclopedia: Unnecessary

Nearest

unmyelinated
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unneighborliness
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unneurotic