Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a needless manner; without necessity; unnecessarily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
needless manner. - adverb To a degree or extent beyond what is needed.
- adverb Without need.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without need
Etymologies
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Examples
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Therefore it all just might again needlessly/tragically spill over to the real economy, like it did in August 2008, when they let the last financial crisis spill over into the real economy, and from which we are only beginning to recover.
Warren Mosler: The Latest Mortgage Foreclosure Mess is just another Financial Crisis. Warren Mosler 2010
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They should just hire Gary Alt. He succeeded in needlessly slaughtering the deer herd here in Pennsylvania.
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Therefore it all just might again needlessly/tragically spill over to the real economy, like it did in August 2008, when they let the last financial crisis spill over into the real economy, and from which we are only beginning to recover.
Warren Mosler: The Latest Mortgage Foreclosure Mess is just another Financial Crisis. Warren Mosler 2010
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Therefore it all just might again needlessly/tragically spill over to the real economy, like it did in August 2008, when they let the last financial crisis spill over into the real economy, and from which we are only beginning to recover.
Warren Mosler: The Latest Mortgage Foreclosure Mess is just another Financial Crisis. Warren Mosler 2010
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They should just hire Gary Alt. He succeeded in needlessly slaughtering the deer herd here in Pennsylvania.
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Therefore it all just might again needlessly/tragically spill over to the real economy, like it did in August 2008, when they let the last financial crisis spill over into the real economy, and from which we are only beginning to recover.
Warren Mosler: The Latest Mortgage Foreclosure Mess is just another Financial Crisis. Warren Mosler 2010
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Whether they want soldiers "to die needlessly" is not the point.
Coffins on wheels Richard 2006
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I have never understood what’s so offensive about using ‘Democrat’ as an adjective, but I don’t do it, because I see no point in needlessly antagonizing the other side.
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The ULA briefing was very strong, but it was obvious that the presenter didn't want to antagonize NASA needlessly, which is a moot point now anyway.
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If your intention is to merely report on the controversy (which you have ably done in the body of the post), then I think your use of “racist” in the title needlessly mars the rest of the post.
Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Racist cartoon causes controversy 2009
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