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something unpleasant that must be accepted in order to achieve a particular result: I think he regards work as a necessary evil. Most Americans accept taxes as a necessary evil. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Essential or necessary. basically. basis. be a question of doing something idiom. box ticking. business-critical. dependence.
something unpleasant that must be accepted in order to achieve a particular result: I think he regards work as a necessary evil. Most Americans accept taxes as a necessary evil. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Essential or necessary. basically. basis. be a question of doing something idiom. box ticking. business-critical. dependence.
A necessary evil is an evil that someone believes must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome—especially because possible alternative courses of action or inaction are expected to be worse.
noun. Something undesirable that nevertheless must be tolerated in order to attain a desired end. Webster's New World. (idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.
2 days ago · adjective. Something that is necessary is needed in order for something else to happen. [...] See full entry for 'necessary' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD Collocations. necessary evil. evil genius. evil influence.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English a necessary evil something bad or unpleasant that you have to accept in order to achieve what you want Mr Hurst regarded work as a necessary evil. → necessary Examples from the Corpus a necessary evil • I, for one, consider yard work to be a necessary evil.
a necessary evil. Meaning. something unpleasant that must be done in order to achieve a goal or objective. something displeasing that must be accepted just to achieve a desired result. anything bad that has to be carried out or condoned in order to achieve something good. Example Sentences.
