"unnecessary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [英語]

Forms: more unnecessary, most unnecessary
  1. 不要な。余計な。必要以上の。無用な。
    Sense id: ja-unnecessary-en-adj-sxwIO8WC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: needless, omissible, superfluous Related terms: unnecessarily, unnecessity
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "name": "英語_形容詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_接頭辞\"un-\"",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "接頭辞 un- + necessary"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more unnecessary"
    },
    {
      "form": "most unnecessary"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "形容詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "unnecessarily"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnecessity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(※ \"omissible\"は「省いても省かなくてもよい」という意味合いを伴うのに対して、\"unnecessary\"は「初めから不要な」という意味合いを伴う。)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't do unnecessary things.",
          "translation": "余計なことをするな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不要な。余計な。必要以上の。無用な。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-unnecessary-en-adj-sxwIO8WC"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "needless"
    },
    {
      "word": "omissible"
    },
    {
      "word": "superfluous"
    }
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  "word": "unnecessary"
}
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    {
      "word": "necessary"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    "接頭辞 un- + necessary"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more unnecessary"
    },
    {
      "form": "most unnecessary"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "unnecessarily"
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      "word": "unnecessity"
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(※ \"omissible\"は「省いても省かなくてもよい」という意味合いを伴うのに対して、\"unnecessary\"は「初めから不要な」という意味合いを伴う。)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't do unnecessary things.",
          "translation": "余計なことをするな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不要な。余計な。必要以上の。無用な。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "needless"
    },
    {
      "word": "omissible"
    },
    {
      "word": "superfluous"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unnecessary"
}

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