"unneedful" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unnedeful; equivalent to un- + needful.",
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      "form": "more unneedful",
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      "form": "most unneedful",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1907, William Hope Hodgson, The Boats of the \"Glen Carrig\":",
          "text": "At this, the men nearest unto the door came backwards in a surge, being put in sudden fear by reason of the Thing being so near; but the bo'sun held up a hand, bidding them, in a low voice, to make no unneedful noise.",
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          "ref": "1916, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Big Timber:",
          "text": "Again the donkey began to puff and quiver, the line began to roll up on the drum, and the big yarder walked up the slope under its own power, a locomotive unneedful of rails, making its own right of way.",
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        "Not needful."
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  "word": "unneedful"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unnedeful; equivalent to un- + needful.",
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    {
      "form": "more unneedful",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most unneedful",
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        },
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          "ref": "1916, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Big Timber:",
          "text": "Again the donkey began to puff and quiver, the line began to roll up on the drum, and the big yarder walked up the slope under its own power, a locomotive unneedful of rails, making its own right of way.",
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        "Not needful."
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