"needlessly" meaning in English

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          "sense": "in a needless manner",
          "word": "szükségtelenül"
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          "sense": "in a needless manner",
          "word": "gan chall"
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          "roman": "naprasno",
          "sense": "in a needless manner",
          "word": "напрасно"
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          "word": "gun fheum"
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          "sense": "in a needless manner",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a needless manner",
      "word": "szükségtelenül"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
      "word": "gan chall"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
      "word": "gan fáth"
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
      "word": "desnecessariamente"
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
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      "sense": "in a needless manner",
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