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needless(dictionary)

needless (iou)



needless adjective & adverb. ME.
[from NEED noun + -LESS.]
A. adjective.
Not needed or wanted; unnecessary, useless, uncalled for. ME.
needless to say (parenthetically) as it is unnecessary to say, as will already have been deduced.
J. Steinbeck He had never before spent a needless penny. K. M. E. Murray He did waste an enormous amount of time in writing needless..letters.
Not in need, not needy. LME-M17.
B. adverb. Without any compulsion or necessity; needlessly. ME-L15.
needlessly adverb in a needless or unnecessary manner, without necessity LME.
needlessness noun E17.