Unnecessary vs Excessive - What's the difference?
unnecessary | excessive |
Not needed or necessary.
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Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Excessive is a synonym of unnecessary.
As adjectives the difference between unnecessary and excessive
is that unnecessary is not needed or necessary while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.unnecessary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary .
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Antonyms
* (not needed) necessary, needed * (in addition to requirements) required, mandatorySynonyms
* (not needed) superfluous, unneeded, needless, innecessary * (in addition to requirements) additional, innecessaryDerived terms
* unnecessarily * unnecessarinessexcessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."