In an effort to declutter his apartment, Tom is going to get rid of one or two unneeded items per day for the next twelve months.
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Unneeded
Synonyms for "unneeded" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- непатрэ́бны adj (not needed, not)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нену́жен adj (not needed, not)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不需要 adj (not needed, not)
Czech
1 entries- nepotřebný adj (not needed, not)
Dutch
2 entries- onnodig adj (not needed, not)
- overbodig adj (not needed, not)
French
1 entries- inutile adj (not needed, not)
German
1 entries- unnötig adj (not needed, not)
Hindi
1 entries- अनावश्यक adj (not needed, not)
Japanese
1 entries- 不必要な adj (not needed, not)
Korean
1 entries- 불필요한 adj (not needed, not)
Macedonian
1 entries- непотребен adj (not needed, not)
Norwegian
1 entries- unødvendig adj (not needed, not)
Polish
1 entries- niepotrzebny adj (not needed, not)
Russian
1 entries- нену́жный adj (not needed, not)
Slovak
1 entries- nepotrebný adj (not needed, not)
Spanish
1 entries- innecesario adj (not needed, not)
Swedish
1 entries- onödig adj (not needed, not)
Tamil
1 entries- தேவையற்றது adj (not needed, not)
Turkish
4 entries- gereksiz adj (not needed, not)
- istenmeyen adj (not needed, not)
- kullanılmayan adj (not needed, not)
- lüzumsuz adj (not needed, not)
Ukrainian
1 entries- непотрі́бний adj (not needed, not)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It is often debated is whether animal experimentation for the development of cosmetics or pharmaceuticals is justified. Many oppose such experimentation on the basis that it causes unnecessary suffering. I argue that it is harmful to animals, unneeded for humans, and morally wrong.
Source: tatoeba (5969172)
Unneeded gifts can be re-gifted.
Source: tatoeba (10843848)
Consider donating unneeded or non-perishable items to those in need.
Source: tatoeba (12116102)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.