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Definition of Needless
1. Adjective. Unnecessary and unwarranted. "A strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
Definition of Needless
1. a. Having no need.
Definition of Needless
1. Adjective. Not needed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Needless
1. not necessary [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Needless
Literary usage of Needless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"My second boy, Moses, whom I designed for business, received a sort of miscellaneous
education at home. But it is needless to attempt describing the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"... variation of the speed of the motor is within two per cent of its normal speed.
Such close regulation, it is needless to say, is all that can be desired ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"Cases where punishment is needless. These are, XVII. 1. Where the purpose of
putting an end to the i. Where practice may be attained as effectually at a is ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"It is needless to say that I divided it close to the clitoris, without any
inconvenience arising, and purpose removing it on some future occasion. ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... had been lodged in the provost- marshal's office. to withhold subsistence from
his disabled slave, a fraudulent manumission would be perfectly needless; ..."
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