Unnecessary vs Barnacled - What's the difference?
unnecessary | barnacled |
Not needed or necessary.
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, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
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Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Crusted with barnacles.
(by analogy) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
(figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
(figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
(barnacle)
As adjectives the difference between unnecessary and barnacled
is that unnecessary is not needed or necessary while barnacled is crusted with barnacles.As a verb barnacled is
(barnacle).unnecessary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary .
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.}}