needless

English

Alternative forms

• needles (obsolete)

Etymology

need +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. Not needed; unnecessary.

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

Translations

not needed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不必要的 (cmn) (bùbìyào de)

• Dutch: nodeloos
• Esperanto: senbezona (eo)
• Finnish: tarpeeton (fi)
• French: superflu (fr), inutile (fr)
• German: unnötig (de), überflüssig (de)

• Japanese: 不必要な (ja) (ふひつような, fuhitsuyō na)
• Polish: niepotrzebny, zbyteczny m
• Portuguese: desnecessário (pt)
• Russian: ненужный (ru) (nenúžnyj), излишний (ru) (izlíšnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum (gd)
• Spanish: inútil (es)
• Turkish: gereksiz (tr), lüzumsuz (tr), boşuna (tr)

Derived terms

• needless to say

Anagrams

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