Unrequired

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unrequire form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not required. not-comparable

    "Mr. Goldman said that poll workers might ask for unrequired identification and that citizens might not vote because they mistakenly thought that they could not do so if they did not have certain forms of identification."

Synonyms

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arbitraryautonomousdiscretionaldiscretionaryelectivefacultative

Example

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"Mr. Goldman said that poll workers might ask for unrequired identification and that citizens might not vote because they mistakenly thought that they could not do so if they did not have certain forms of identification."

Etymology

From un- + required.

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