Meaning of NEEDLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'needles
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" |
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| | Synonyms: | | gratuitous, uncalled-for, unnecessary, unneeded |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, gratuitous, in excess, inessential, naturally, nonessential, obviously, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, tautologic, tautological, tautologous, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, useless, verbose |
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