needless

English

Alternative forms

needles (obsolete)

Etymology

need +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

Not needed; unnecessary.
Synonym: needful

This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.

Derived terms

needless to say

Translations

not needed

Catalan: innecessari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不必要的 (zh) (bùbìyào de)
Dutch: nodeloos (nl)
Esperanto: senbezona
Finnish: tarpeeton (fi)
French: superflu (fr), inutile (fr)
German: unnötig (de), überflüssig (de)

Japanese: 不必要な (ふひつような, fuhitsuyō na)
Maori: papakore
Polish: niepotrzebny (pl), zbyteczny (pl) m
Portuguese: desnecessário (pt)
Russian: нену́жный (ru) (nenúžnyj), изли́шний (ru) (izlíšnij)
Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum
Spanish: inútil (es)
Turkish: gereksiz (tr), lüzumsuz (tr), boşuna (tr)

Anagrams

lessened, seldseen

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