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unnecessarily

ADVERB
needlessly
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The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway argued that the congresswoman’s video was a “sad public performance/display of unnecessarily unwise decision making.”

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

But wellness and fitness classes are unnecessarily expensive!

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

One possibility would be to identify a dose that produces enough brain entropy to encourage meaningful insight without creating an unnecessarily intense experience.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The Russian Bear-F plane passed at low altitude and "unnecessarily close" to the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier and is believed to have dropped 10 sonobuoys into the water on Thursday, the MoD added.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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