"unneeded" meaning in English

See unneeded in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unneeded [comparative], most unneeded [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + needed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|needed|id1=negative}} un- + needed Head templates: {{en-adj}} unneeded (comparative more unneeded, superlative most unneeded)
  1. Not needed. Translations (not needed, not): непатрэ́бны (njepatrébny) (Belarusian), нену́жен (nenúžen) (Bulgarian), 不需要 (bùxūyào) (Chinese Mandarin), nepotřebný (Czech), onnodig (Dutch), overbodig (Dutch), inutile (French), unnötig (German), 不必要な (fuhitsuyō na) (alt: ふひつような) (Japanese), 불필요하다 (bulpiryohada) (Korean), непотребен (nepotreben) (Macedonian), unødvendig (Norwegian), niepotrzebny (Polish), нену́жный (nenúžnyj) (Russian), nepotrebný (Slovak), innecesario (Spanish), onödig (Swedish), gereksiz (Turkish), lüzumsuz (Turkish), istenmeyen (Turkish), kullanılmayan (Turkish), непотрі́бний (nepotríbnyj) (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not needed, not",
          "word": "gereksiz"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not needed, not",
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          "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nenúžnyj",
      "sense": "not needed, not",
      "word": "нену́жный"
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
      "word": "onödig"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not needed, not",
      "word": "gereksiz"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
      "word": "lüzumsuz"
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      "sense": "not needed, not",
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      "word": "kullanılmayan"
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      "roman": "nepotríbnyj",
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