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NEEDLESS
gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for
(adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted; “a strikers’ tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)
Not needed; unnecessary.
Antonym: needful
Adverb
needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)
(archaic) Needlessly, without cause.
Anagrams
• lessened, seldseen
Source: Wiktionary
Nee"dless, a.
1. Having no need. [Obs.] Weeping into the needless stream. Shak.
2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses.
3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. "Needless jealousy." Shak.
– Need"less*ly, adv.
– Need"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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