"unnecessary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.s(ə)ɹɪ/ [UK], /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.ɪ/ [UK], /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/ [US], /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.ɹɪ/ [UK, US, nonstandard], /anˈnes.əˌseɹ.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-unnecessary.ogg [US], en-au-unnecessary.ogg [Australia] Forms: more unnecessary [comparative], most unnecessary [superlative]
Etymology: un- + necessary Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|necessary}} un- + necessary Head templates: {{en-adj}} unnecessary (comparative more unnecessary, superlative most unnecessary)
  1. Not needed or necessary. Synonyms (not needed): superfluous, unneeded, needless, innecessary Translations (not necessary): غَيْر ضَرُورِيّ (ḡayr ḍarūriyy) (Arabic), անպետք (anpetkʻ) (Armenian), ավելորդ (avelord) (Armenian), lazımsız (Azerbaijani), gərəksiz (Azerbaijani), непатрэ́бны (njepatrébny) (Belarusian), ненужен (nenužen) (Bulgarian), innecessari (Catalan), 多餘的 (Chinese Mandarin), 多余的 (duōyú de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不必要 (bù bìyào) (Chinese Mandarin), nepotřebný (Czech), unødvendig (Danish), onnodig (Dutch), nenecesa (Esperanto), liigne (Estonian), tarpeeton (Finnish), turha (Finnish), inutile (French), innecesario [masculine] (Galician), nicht notwendig (German), unnötig (German), περιττός (perittós) (Greek), szükségtelen (Hungarian), innecessario (Italian), superfluo (Italian), eccessivo (Italian), inutile (Italian), 不必要 (fuhitsuyō) (alt: ふひつよう) (Japanese), 不要 (fuyō) (alt: ふよう) (Japanese), 불필요하다 (bulpiryohada) (Korean), superforāneus (Latin), непотребен (nepotreben) (Macedonian), അനാവശ്യ (anāvaśya) (Malayalam), അനാവശ്യമായ (anāvaśyamāya) (Malayalam), huakore (Maori), hiahiakore (Maori), unødvendig (Norwegian), onneedich (Plautdietsch), zbędny (Polish), niepotrzebny (Polish), niekonieczny (Polish), desnecessário (Portuguese), inutil (Romanian), nenecesar (Romanian), netrebuincios (Romanian), нену́жный (nenúžnyj) (Russian), nepotrebný (Slovak), zbytočný (Slovak), innecesario (Spanish), onödig (Swedish), gereksiz (Turkish), lüzumsuz (Turkish), boş yere (Turkish), непотрі́бний (nepotríbnyj) (Ukrainian), خواہ مخواہ (xāh maxāh) (Urdu), diangen (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-unnecessary-en-adj-54ixipYz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'not needed': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'not necessary': 95 5
  2. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired. Synonyms (in addition to requirements): additional, innecessary
    Sense id: en-unnecessary-en-adj-hObvTq~4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'in addition to requirements': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unnecessaries, unnecessarily, unnecessariness

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njepatrébny",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "непатрэ́бны"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "unødvendig"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "liigne"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "tarpeeton"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "turha"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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          "word": "innecesario"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "nicht notwendig"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perittós",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "περιττός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "szükségtelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "innecessario"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "superfluo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "eccessivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ふひつよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuhitsuyō",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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        },
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          "alt": "ふよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuyō",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "不要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulpiryohada",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "불필요하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "superforāneus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nepotreben",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "непотребен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "anāvaśya",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "അനാവശ്യ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "anāvaśyamāya",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "അനാവശ്യമായ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "unødvendig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "not necessary",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "zbędny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "niepotrzebny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "niekonieczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "desnecessário"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "inutil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "nenecesar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "netrebuincios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenúžnyj",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "нену́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "nepotrebný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "zbytočný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "innecesario"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "onödig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "gereksiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "lüzumsuz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "boş yere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nepotríbnyj",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "непотрі́бний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xāh maxāh",
          "sense": "not necessary",
          "word": "خواہ مخواہ"
        },
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          "word": "diangen"
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    {
      "ipa": "/anˈnes.əˌseɹ.i/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/En-us-unnecessary.ogg/En-us-unnecessary.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/En-us-unnecessary.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-unnecessary.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/En-au-unnecessary.ogg/En-au-unnecessary.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-au-unnecessary.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "not needed",
      "word": "superfluous"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not needed",
      "word": "unneeded"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not needed",
      "word": "needless"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not needed",
      "word": "innecessary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in addition to requirements",
      "word": "additional"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in addition to requirements",
      "word": "innecessary"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr ḍarūriyy",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "غَيْر ضَرُورِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anpetkʻ",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "անպետք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avelord",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "ավելորդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "lazımsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "gərəksiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njepatrébny",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "непатрэ́бны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenužen",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "ненужен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "innecessari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "多餘的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōyú de",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "多余的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù bìyào",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "不必要"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nepotřebný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "unødvendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "onnodig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nenecesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "liigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "tarpeeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "turha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "innecesario"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nicht notwendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "unnötig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perittós",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "περιττός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "szükségtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "innecessario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "superfluo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "eccessivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふひつよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuhitsuyō",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "不必要"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuyō",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "不要"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulpiryohada",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "불필요하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "superforāneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepotreben",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "непотребен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "anāvaśya",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "അനാവശ്യ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "anāvaśyamāya",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "അനാവശ്യമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "huakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "hiahiakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "unødvendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "onneedich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "zbędny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "niepotrzebny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "niekonieczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "desnecessário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "inutil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nenecesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "netrebuincios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenúžnyj",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "нену́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nepotrebný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "zbytočný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "innecesario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "onödig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "gereksiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "lüzumsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "boş yere"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepotríbnyj",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "непотрі́бний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xāh maxāh",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "خواہ مخواہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "diangen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unnecessary"
}

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