unnecessary

unnecessary
adj.
VERBS
appear, be, prove, seem
become
make sth, render sth
consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as
ADVERB
completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly

No, no, that's quite unnecessary.

largely
rather, somewhat
a little
PREPOSITION
to

the possession of items strictly unnecessary to survival

Unnecessary is used with these nouns: ↑alarm, ↑anxiety, ↑bloodshed, ↑bureaucracy, ↑complexity, ↑complication, ↑confusion, ↑death, ↑delay, ↑distraction, ↑distress, ↑duplication, ↑expenditure, ↑expense, ↑hardship, ↑intrusion, ↑jargon, ↑luxury, ↑risk, ↑suffering, ↑violence, ↑waste, ↑worry

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unnecessary — I adjective auxiliary, avoidable, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, extra, extraneous, extrinsic, gratuitous, inessential, irrelevant, needless, non necessarius, noncompulsory, optional, overmuch, redundant, spare,… …   Law dictionary

  • unnecessary — 1540s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + NECESSARY (Cf. necessary). Related: Unnecessarily …   Etymology dictionary

  • unnecessary — [adj] not required accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point*, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish,… …   New thesaurus

  • unnecessary — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not necessary; more than is necessary. DERIVATIVES unnecessarily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unnecessary — [unnes′ə ser΄ē] adj. not necessary or required; needless unnecessarily adv …   English World dictionary

  • unnecessary — adj. 1) unnecessary for 2) unnecessary to + inf. (it s unnecessary for us to wait) 3) unnecessary that + clause (it s unnecessary that you should get involved) * * * [ʌn nesəs(ə)rɪ] unnecessary for unnecessary to + inf. (it s unnecessary for us… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • unnecessary — un|ne|ces|sa|ry [ʌnˈnesəsəri US seri] adj not needed or more than is needed unnecessary expense/cost/extravagance etc ▪ an unnecessary expense ▪ There s no point in taking unnecessary risks. ▪ We can t afford any unnecessary delays. ▪ Williams… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unnecessary — un|nec|es|sar|y [ ʌn nesə,seri ] adjective ** 1. ) used for describing something that should not have happened because it could have been avoided: The policy had caused thousands of families unnecessary suffering. The delay was totally… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unnecessary */*/ — UK [ʌnˈnesəs(ə)rɪ] / US [ʌnˈnesəˌserɪ] adjective 1) a) used for describing something that should not have happened because it could have been avoided The policy had caused thousands of families unnecessary suffering. The delay was totally… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”