unnecessary

Example Sentences

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Organisers said marchers were also "forced to proceed through slurry spread on the road, creating an unnecessary hazard and a degrading experience for peaceful participants".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In fact, no critic has attacked all consumption of all goods, only the goods the critic considered unnecessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Warsh’s first months as chair will test whether the Fed can maintain inflation credibility while avoiding unnecessary damage to an already pressured consumer economy.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Because the metasurface itself concentrates the incoming radiation, external focusing components such as silicon lenses are unnecessary.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Most folks still thought a bathroom inside the house was unnecessary, expensive, maybe even unsanitary, though Aunt Pretty sighed a lot when she read about big-city houses with indoor plumbing and wringer washers and iceboxes.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney