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Unnecessariness vs Unnecessary - What's the difference?

unnecessariness | unnecessary | Derived terms |

Unnecessary is a derived term of unnecessariness.



As a noun unnecessariness

is the state or characteristic of being unnecessary.

As an adjective unnecessary is

not needed or necessary.

unnecessariness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
  • * 1808 , Works of Joseph Hall, D.D , Vol. 9, edited by Josiah Pratt, London, p. 9:
  • The unavoidableness of which effects hath carried some of their Casuists into an opinion, of the unnecessariness of devotion in these holy businesses: so as one says . . . "Though it be convenient, that the Communicant should have actual devotion; yet, it is not necessary."
  • * 1913 , Arnold Bennett, The Human Machine? , p. 73:
  • A disciplined brain will at once show the unnecessariness of most ambitions, and will ensure that the remainder shall be conducted with reason.
  • * 2007 , Karen von Hahn, " Unnecessary Accessories of the Rich and Famous," Globe and Mail , 15 June (retrieved 30 Aug. 2009):
  • In the sad case of Paris Hilton, whose sheer unnecessariness epitomizes her career, her unnecessary accessory of choice is an SUV.

    Synonyms

    * gratuitousness, needlessness

    Antonyms

    * necessariness * necessity

    unnecessary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not needed or necessary.
  • The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.}}
  • Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
  • Antonyms

    * (not needed) necessary, needed * (in addition to requirements) required, mandatory

    Synonyms

    * (not needed) superfluous, unneeded, needless, innecessary * (in addition to requirements) additional, innecessary

    Derived terms

    * unnecessarily * unnecessariness