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Unnecessarily
adverb
Word Frequency:
2.0
Definitions
1.
adverb
In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.
"He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered."
2.
adverb
To an extent beyond what is needed.
"The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry."
Synonyms
for no reason
needlessly
pointlessly
uselessly
unduly
unjustifiably
unfairly
unnecessary
unreasonably
unjustly
senselessly
disproportionately
Antonyms
necessarily
Rhymes With
arbitrarily
warily
wearily
primarily
customarily
ordinarily
extraordinarily
necessarily
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