If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.
Source: tatoeba (1872)
Unnecessary
//ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "unnecessary" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
59 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَيْر ضَرُورِيّ adj (not necessary)
Armenian
2 entries- անպետք adj (not necessary)
- ավելորդ adj (not necessary)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- gərəksiz adj (not necessary)
- lazımsız adj (not necessary)
Belarusian
1 entries- непатрэ́бны adj (not necessary)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ненужен adj (not necessary)
Catalan
1 entries- innecessari adj (not necessary)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不必要 adj (not necessary)
- 多餘的 /多余的 adj (not necessary)
Czech
1 entries- nepotřebný adj (not necessary)
Danish
1 entries- unødvendig adj (not necessary)
Dutch
1 entries- onnodig adj (not necessary)
Esperanto
1 entries- nenecesa adj (not necessary)
Estonian
1 entries- liigne adj (not necessary)
Finnish
2 entries- tarpeeton adj (not necessary)
- turha adj (not necessary)
French
2 entries- inutile adj (not necessary)
- non nécessaire adj (not necessary)
Galician
1 entries- innecesario adj (not necessary)
German
2 entries- nicht notwendig adj (not necessary)
- unnötig adj (not necessary)
Greek
1 entries- περιττός adj (not necessary)
Hindi
1 entries- अनावश्यक adj (not necessary)
Hungarian
1 entries- szükségtelen adj (not necessary)
Italian
4 entries- eccessivo adj (not necessary)
- innecessario adj (not necessary)
- inutile adj (not necessary)
- superfluo adj (not necessary)
Japanese
2 entries- 不要な adj (not necessary)
- 余計な adj (not necessary)
Korean
1 entries- 불필요하다 adj (not necessary)
Latin
1 entries- superforāneus adj (not necessary)
Macedonian
1 entries- непотребен adj (not necessary)
Malayalam
2 entries- അനാവശ്യ adj (not necessary)
- അനാവശ്യമായ adj (not necessary)
Māori
2 entries- hiahiakore adj (not necessary)
- huakore adj (not necessary)
Norwegian
1 entries- unødvendig adj (not necessary)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onneedich adj (not necessary)
Polish
3 entries- niekonieczny adj (not necessary)
- niepotrzebny adj (not necessary)
- zbędny adj (not necessary)
Portuguese
1 entries- desnecessário adj (not necessary)
Romanian
3 entries- inutil adj (not necessary)
- nenecesar adj (not necessary)
- netrebuincios adj (not necessary)
Russian
1 entries- нену́жный adj (not necessary)
Slovak
2 entries- nepotrebný adj (not necessary)
- zbytočný adj (not necessary)
Spanish
2 entries- desnecesario (disused) adj (not necessary)
- innecesario adj (not necessary)
Swedish
1 entries- onödig adj (not necessary)
Turkish
3 entries- boş yere adj (not necessary)
- gereksiz adj (not necessary)
- lüzumsuz adj (not necessary)
Ukrainian
1 entries- непотрі́бний adj (not necessary)
Urdu
1 entries- خواہ مخواہ adj (not necessary)
Welsh
1 entries- diangen adj (not necessary)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
Source: tatoeba (1925)
They discarded unnecessary things.
Source: tatoeba (307485)
It is very important to tell the necessary from the unnecessary.
Source: tatoeba (318261)
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