"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 , en-au-unnecessary.ogg Forms: more unnecessary [comparative], most unnecessary [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + necessary. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|necessary|id1=negative}} 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), अनावश्यक (anāvaśyak) (Hindi), szükségtelen (Hungarian), innecessario (Italian), superfluo (Italian), eccessivo (Italian), inutile (Italian), 余計な (yokei na) (Japanese), 不要な (fuyō na) (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): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'not needed': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'not necessary': 98 2
  2. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired. Synonyms (in addition to requirements): additional, innecessary
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unnecessaries, unnecessarily, unnecessariness

Alternative forms

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          "word": "tarpeeton"
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          "word": "余計な"
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          "word": "zbędny"
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          "word": "niepotrzebny"
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          "word": "niekonieczny"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr ḍarūriyy",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "غَيْر ضَرُورِيّ"
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      "roman": "anpetkʻ",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "անպետք"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avelord",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "ավելորդ"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "lazımsız"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "gərəksiz"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "njepatrébny",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "непатрэ́бны"
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "nenecesa"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "liigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "tarpeeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "turha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "inutile"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "tags": [
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      "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": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anāvaśyak",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "अनावश्यक"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yokei na",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "余計な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuyō na",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "不要な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulpiryohada",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "불필요하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "superforāneus"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepotreben",
      "sense": "not necessary",
      "word": "непотребен"
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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}

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