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Unnecessary

/əˈnnɛsəˌsɛri/
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(adj) Not needed or necessary.

If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The manager decided that the extra meeting was ____ and cancelled it to give everyone more time to work today.

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