needless

English

Alternative forms

• needles (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːdləs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːdləs
• Hyphenation: need‧less

Adjective

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. Not needed; unnecessary.

   Antonym: needful

   This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.

Derived terms

• needless to say

Translations

not needed

• Bulgarian: ненужен (bg) (nenužen), непотребен (bg) (nepotreben)
• Catalan: innecessari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不必要的 (zh) (bùbìyào de)

• Dutch: nodeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senbezona
• Finnish: tarpeeton (fi)
• French: superflu (fr), inutile (fr)
• German: unnötig (de), überflüssig (de)
• Italian: superfluo (it), inutile (it)
• Japanese: 不必要な (ふひつような, fuhitsuyō na)
• Maori: papakore
• Plautdietsch: onneedich
• Polish: niepotrzebny (pl), zbyteczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: desnecessário (pt)
• Russian: нену́жный (ru) (nenúžnyj), изли́шний (ru) (izlíšnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum
• Spanish: inútil (es)
• Turkish: gereksiz (tr), lüzumsuz (tr), boşuna (tr)

Adverb

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. (archaic) Needlessly, without cause.

Anagrams

• lessened, seldseen