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need·less

(nēd′lĭs)

adj.

Not needed or wished for; unnecessary.

need′less·ly adv.

need′less·ness n.

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needless

(ˈniːdlɪs)

adj

not required or desired; unnecessary

ˈneedlessly adv

ˈneedlessness n

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need•less

(ˈnid lɪs)

adj.

unnecessary; not needed: a needless waste of food.

[1175–1225]

need′less•ly, adv.

need′less•ness, n.

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Adj.

needless - unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

uncalled-for, gratuitous

unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary

needless

adjective unnecessary, excessive, pointless, gratuitous, useless, unwanted, redundant, superfluous, groundless, expendable, uncalled-for, dispensable, nonessential, undesired Our families thought I was taking a needless risk.
required, essential, useful, beneficial, obligatory

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needless

adjective

Not necessary:

dispensable, inessential, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired.

Translations

غَيْر ضَروري

zbytečný

unnötig

innecesario

inutile

ónauîsynlegur, óòarfur

inutile superfluo

unødig unødvendig

odvečen

gereksizlüzumsuz

不必要地不必要的

needless

[ˈniːdlɪs] ADJ → innecesario, superfluo
needless to say → huelga decir que ..., ni qué decir tiene que ...
he was, needless to say, drunk → ni qué decir tiene que estaba borracho

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

needless

[ˈniːdləs] adj [death, suffering, pain, worry, risk] → inutile
to suffer needless pain → souffrir inutilement
needless to say, ... → inutile de dire que ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

needless

adj → unnötig; remark etc also → überflüssig; death, killing, pain, destruction → sinnlos; needless to say, he didn’t come → er kam natürlich nicht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

needless

[ˈniːdlɪs] adj → inutile
needless to say he didn't keep his promise → inutile dire che non ha mantenuto la promessa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

need

(niːd) – negative short form needn't (ˈniːdnt) – verb

1. to require. This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?

2. to be obliged. You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.

noun

1. something essential, that one must have. Food is one of our basic needs.

2. poverty or other difficulty. Many people are in great need.

3. a reason. There is no need for panic.

ˈneedless adjective, adverb

unnecessary. You are doing a lot of needless work; Needless to say, he couldn't do it.

ˈneedlessly adverb

ˈneedy adjective

poor. You must help needy people.

a need for

a lack of; a requirement for. There is an urgent need for teachers in this city.

in need of

requiring; having a lack of. We're in need of more money; You're badly in need of a haircut.

needless

a. inútil, innecesario.

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"But, madam, it is needless; from the wharf to the hotel, as you observe, extends an unbroken line of prostrate newspaper men who crave the honour of having you walk upon them."

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X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.

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It is needless to say, I have yielded with my best grace; sharing with my fair relative the wretched pecuniary prospects offered to us.

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Needless to say how astonished they were, when they heard that Mr.

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It is needless to relate them here; they came out at his trial, and the revelation of his calmness in confronting them came near to saving his neck.

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"It is very delicate of you," said he, "but quite needless. Really, this is the only room in the tower, and no one is there.

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I shall not copy the uncouth language, full of needless repetitions (and, if I know anything of the subject, not guiltless of bad grammar as well), in which my innocent husband was solemnly and falsely accused of poisoning his first wife.

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And here his sagacity must make it needless to observe how artfully these chapters are calculated for that excellent purpose; for in these we have always taken care to intersperse somewhat of the sour or acid kind, in order to sharpen and stimulate the said spirit of criticism.

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It is needless to say that I remained in town with her.

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Pontellier had a vague suspicion of it which he thought it needless to mention at that late day.

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Our apprehensions at last proved to be needless, for the troops we saw were of a nation at that time in alliance with the Abyssins.

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Needless to say, the custom soon made its way from the district of Chromatistes to surrounding regions; and within two generations no one in all Flatland was colourless except the Women and the Priests.