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   Un·nec·es·sar·y

   /ˌənˈnesəˌserē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not needed: "a fourth Chicago airport is unnecessary"
   • ▪ more than is needed; excessive: "they used unnecessary force to restrain me"
   • ▪ (of a remark) not appropriate and likely to be offensive or impertinent.

   plural

   • 1. unnecessary things: "Flora never wasted cash on unnecessaries"

   Derivatives

   • 1. unnecessariness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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