Examples of unnecessary in a Sentence
In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
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Without a clear roadmap, friendship breakups often feel ambiguous, or sometimes lead to unnecessary hurt.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 June 2025
These unnecessary burdens slow them down, drain their energy, and keep them from reaching their next level.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Hours of comments at the two recent Naperville District 203 School Board meetings would have been unnecessary if not for Awake Illinois, an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, exposing the face and details about a transgender child.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
In the heat of the battle, in the exchange of firing and shooting, there was sometimes a reckless reaction, disproportionate, which may have caused unnecessary victims, but not killing for the sake of killing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 June 2025
These unnecessary burdens slow them down, drain their energy, and keep them from reaching their next level.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Hours of comments at the two recent Naperville District 203 School Board meetings would have been unnecessary if not for Awake Illinois, an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, exposing the face and details about a transgender child.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
In the heat of the battle, in the exchange of firing and shooting, there was sometimes a reckless reaction, disproportionate, which may have caused unnecessary victims, but not killing for the sake of killing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
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“Unnecessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnecessary. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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unnecessary
adjective
un·nec·es·sary
ˌən-ˈnes-ə-ˌser-ē 
ˈən-
: not necessary
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