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needless
What does needless mean?
needless (adjective): unnecessary and unwarranted.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use needless in a sentence?
- That's a needless question. (Tatoeba sentence #10731867 by megamanenm, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce needless?
/ˈnidləs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does needless come from?
From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need + -less.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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unnecessary and unwarranted
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