Definitions for unnecessarily
-ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-un·nec·es·sar·i·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unnecessarilyadverb

   in an unnecessary manner

   "they were unnecessarily rude"

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   without any necessity

   "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unnecessarilyadverb

   Needlessly, not necessarily

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   Not by necessity.

   He unnecessarily repeated too much of what others had covered.

3. unnecessarilyadverb

   To an extent beyond what is needed.

   The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an Oxfam event.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unnecessarilyadverb

   Without necessity; without need; needlessly.

   To abrogate, without constraint of manifest harm thereby arising, had been to alter unnecessarily, in their judgment, the antient, received custom of the whole church. Richard Hooker.

   ’Tis highly imprudent in the greatest of men, unnecessarily to provoke the meanest. Roger L'Estrange.

   These words come in without any connexion with the story, and consequently unnecessarily. William Broome.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unnecessarily

   Unnecessarily refers to something done without need, in excess or lacking purpose or justification. It means doing more than what is required, expected, or appropriate in a particular context, often in a way that causes inconvenience, harm or waste.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unnecessarily in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unnecessarily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of unnecessarily in a Sentence

1. Ron DeSantis:

   At a time of unnecessarily strained relations between Jerusalem and Washington, Florida serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli people.

2. Andy Leather:

   In the absence of surgical care, common, easily treatable illnesses become fatal, the global community can not continue to ignore this problem – millions of people are already dying unnecessarily, and the need... is projected to increase in the coming decades.

3. Berin Szoka:

   Yet broadband deployment remains unnecessarily difficult because of red tape, high fees and poor infrastructure planning at all levels of government, fixing that could bring faster, cheaper broadband to millions of Americans, especially in rural areas.

4. Barack Obama:

   My message to Congress is pass a budget, prevent a shutdown, don't wait till the last minute, don't worry our businesses or our workers by contributing unnecessarily to global uncertainty, eventually we're going to do it anyway, so let's just do it without too much drama.

5. Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser:

   This as a whole is the most important message in a situation where our eastern neighbor is still aggressive and is carrying out different unnecessarily aggressive and provocative activities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unnecessarily
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unnecessarily
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unnecessarily
4. ^ ChatGPT
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