unnecessary

CEFRB1

/ʌnˈnɛs.ə.s(ə)ɹɪ/

adjective

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.
Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."

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Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."
1956 September, 'Precursor', “The Dursley & Midland Junction Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 599
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.
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian
Yet some of the statin side effects mentioned in the study have not been proved in the scientific literature or are exaggerated and could cause unnecessary worry, he said.
2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN

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From un- + necessary.