needless

• needles (obsolete)

From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need +‎ -less.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːdləs/

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• Rhymes: -iːdləs
• Hyphenation: need‧less

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. Not needed; unnecessary.

   Antonym: needful

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

   • 2009 June 1, Jon Caramanica, “Country’s King Rules With Restraint”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] they were needless bursts of imagination from a man who’d made such a show of unshowiness.

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needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. (archaic) Needlessly, without cause.

• lessened, seldseen