unnecessary
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It’s a great song with clear, unambiguous lyrics, and to do anything else to it would have been unnecessary.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
He also lets them know that certain alluring stocks may already be in their index funds, so buying more shares may be unnecessary.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Alex Davies-Jones MP, who led the government's work on the legislation before resigning as victims minister in May, said the bill has been "an unnecessary uphill battle".
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“We cook in the same way we would at home—without excess, without unnecessary complexity,” said Kaygusuzer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
“It will be quite unnecessary for my wife to come here,” he said.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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There are some great songs on it, but they're smothered in unnecessaries that made it really cloudy.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2013
She has the air of somebody who has reached a point in her life where she is dispensing with the unnecessaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Now, how luxurious, how stuffed with shameful, wasteful unnecessaries those drawers and closets seemed!
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
We also had enough unnecessaries to bring us to grief in a couple of weeks.
From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)
I say, pater, do come up while I toss a few unnecessaries into my case.—That's right, Brown; put my bag in my room.
From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley
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