unneeded

Example Sentences

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If they are required to spend more on unneeded labor, that means less money for safety-enhancing technologies such as track-inspecting drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Stokes said some criticism was "harsh and unneeded", but "a lot of it was warranted".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Administration officials, meanwhile, had insisted that the Pendleton event was safe and that a freeway closure was unneeded.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

The panel is known as a “door plug” and is used to cover a gap left by an unneeded exit door.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Habit ruleth like a task-master returned from the grave; I could not leave the unneeded volumes in disorder.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson