Definitions for unnecessarily-ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•nec•es•sar•yʌnˈnɛs əˌsɛr i(adj.)
not necessary; needless; unessential.
un•nec`es•sar′i•ly-ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
unnecessarily(adverb)
in an unnecessary manner
"they were unnecessarily rude"
unnecessarily(adverb)
without any necessity
"this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"
Wiktionary
unnecessarily(Adverb)
Needlessly, not necessarily
unnecessarily(Adverb)
Not by necessity.
He unnecessarily repeated too much of what others had covered.
unnecessarily(Adverb)
To an extent beyond what is needed.
The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an Oxfam event.
Translations for unnecessarily
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
unnecessarily(adverb)
that might have been avoided
Your mistake caused a lot of unnecessary work in the office.; He was unnecessarily rude.
- onnodigAfrikaans
- بصورَةٍ غَيْر ضَروريَّهArabic
- ненужноBulgarian
- desnecessariamentePortuguese (BR)
- zbytečněCzech
- unnötigGerman
- unødvendigtDanish
- αδικαιολόγητα, άσκοπαGreek
- innecesariamente, inútilmenteSpanish
- asjatultEstonian
- بطور غیر ضروریFarsi
- tarpeettomastiFinnish
- inutilementFrench
- ללא צוֹרֶךHebrew
- अनावश्यक रूप सेHindi
- nepotrebnoCroatian
- fölöslegesenHungarian
- secara tidak semestinyaIndonesian
- óþarflegaIcelandic
- inutilmenteItalian
- 不必要なほどJapanese
- 불필요하게Korean
- be reikaloLithuanian
- nevajadzīgiLatvian
- terlaluMalay
- onnodigDutch
- unødvendigNorwegian
- niepotrzebniePolish
- بطور غیر ضروریPersian
- په نا ضروري توګهPashto
- sem necessidadePortuguese
- (în mod) inutilRomanian
- излишнеRussian
- zbytočneSlovak
- nepotrebnoSlovenian
- nepotrebnoSerbian
- onödigtSwedish
- อย่างไม่จำเป็นThai
- gereksiz yereTurkish
- 不必要地Chinese (Trad.)
- непотрібноUkrainian
- غير ضروري طور پرUrdu
- không cần thiếtVietnamese
- 不必要地Chinese (Simp.)
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