de trop, excess, expletive, in excess, nonessential, prolix, spare, superfluous, tautologous, uncalled-for, unnecessary, verbose
Definitionadj. not necessary
Last update: July 25, 2015
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She was most pleased to know her bones had been identified and the effort the Deans put forth to accomplish this was a further, if now unneeded, sign of their love. [Please select]
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Russell's speech was an unneeded but emphatic negative of the pro-Southern effort. [Please select]
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"The nominal conduct of Foreign Affairs is in the hands of a diplomatic Malaprop, who has never shown vigour, activity, or determination, except where the display of these qualities was singularly unneeded, or even worse than useless[832]." [Please select]
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Evidently that appeal, though enthusiastically received for its oratorical brilliance, was unneeded. [Please select]
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Heaven has neither the force nor the _finesse_ required, and the gentle reader who thinks these qualities unneeded in so humble a calling has only to spend a few days at Thornycroft to be convinced. [Please select]
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