"unnecessariness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: unnecessary + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unnecessary|ness}} unnecessary + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unnecessariness (uncountable)
  1. The state or characteristic of being unnecessary. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: gratuitousness, needlessness
    Sense id: en-unnecessariness-en-noun-JhMPDGrA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "text": "The unavoidableness of which effects hath carried some of their Casuists into an opinion, of the unnecessariness of devotion in these holy businesses: so as one says . . . \"Though it be convenient, that the Communicant should have actual devotion; yet, it is not necessary.\"",
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