needless death or suffering is not necessary because it could have been avoided:
needless anxiety / suffering * Banning smoking would save needless deaths.
needlessly adverb:
Many soldiers died needlessly. * The process was needlessly slow.
IDIOMS
needless to say used to emphasize that the information you are giving is obvious:
The problem, needless to say, is the cost involved.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for needless is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is needless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, needless is tagged as adjective.
Does needless appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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