unnecessariness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unnecessary + -ness.
Noun
[edit]unnecessariness (uncountable)
- The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
- 1808, Josiah Pratt, editor, Works of Joseph Hall, D.D, volume 9, London, page 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, page 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 June 15, Karen von Hahn, “Unnecessary Accessories of the Rich and Famous”, in Globe and Mail, 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.