needless
11needless — adjective 1 needless troubles, suffering, loss etc are unnecessary because they could easily have been avoided: the needless loss of life | needless expense | a lot of needless worry 2 needless to say used when you are telling someone something… …
12needless — [[t]ni͟ːdləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is needless is completely unnecessary. But his death was so needless... I have never knowingly exposed any patient to needless risks, he said. Derived words: needlessly ADV GRADED ADV with v, ADV adj …
13needless — need|less [ nidləs ] adjective used about something that could or should have been avoided: UNNECESSARY: needless waste/worry/suffering Smoke alarms could have prevented these needless deaths. needless to say used for saying that something is… …
14needless — UK [ˈniːdləs] / US [ˈnɪdləs] adjective used about something that could or should have been avoided needless waste/worry/suffering Smoke alarms could have prevented these needless deaths. • needless to say Derived word: needlessly adverb These… …
15needless — /ˈnidləs / (say needluhs) adjective 1. not needed or wanted; unnecessary: a needless waste of food –phrase 2. needless to say, of course; as might be expected: *Some of this juvenilia was recently reprinted in a satirical weekly in Sydney –… …
16needless — adjective needless details needless to say Syn: unnecessary, inessential, nonessential, unneeded, undesired, unwanted, uncalled for; gratuitous, pointless; dispensable, expendable, superfluous, redundant, excessive, supererogatory …
17needless — [ˈniːdləs] adj unnecessary needless waste[/ex] • needless to say used for emphasizing something that people already know[/ex] needlessly adv …
18needless — adjective Date: 14th century not needed ; unnecessary < needless waste > • needlessly adverb • needlessness noun …
19needless — needlessly, adv. needlessness, n. /need lis/, adj. unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food. [1175 1225; ME nedles. See NEED, LESS] Syn. unessential, gratuitous, pointless, uncalled for. * * * …
20needless — adjective Not needed. This new project of yours will only be a needless expense …
