unnecessary

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

unnecessary
    adj 1: not necessary [syn: {unnecessary}, {unneeded}] [ant:
           {necessary}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unnecessary \Un*nec"es*sa*ry\, a.
   Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;
   needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. --
   {Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "unnecessary":
      de trop, dispensable, disposable, excess, expendable, expletive,
      gratuitous, in excess, inessential, needless, nonessential,
      pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous,
      surplus, tautologic, tautologous, to spare, uncalled-for,
      unessential, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, verbose

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