needless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
needless
    adj 1: unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was
           burned with needless loss of life" [syn: {gratuitous},
           {needless}, {uncalled-for}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
   1. Having no need. [Obs.]
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            Weeping into the needless stream.     --Shak.
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   2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless
      labor; needless expenses.
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   3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless. "Needless
      jealousy." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Need"less*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "needless":
      de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive,
      gratuitous, in excess, inessential, naturally, nonessential,
      obviously, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory,
      superfluous, tautologic, tautological, tautologous, to spare,
      uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired,
      unwanted, useless, verbose
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