1 not needed; more than is needed:
unnecessary expense / risks / delays * They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. * All this fuss is totally unnecessary.
OPPNECESSARY
2 (of remarks, etc.) not necessary in the situation and likely to be offensive:
That last comment was a little unnecessary, wasn't it?
unnecessarily adverb:
There's no point worrying him unnecessarily. * unnecessarily complicated instructions
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is unnecessary a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unnecessary is tagged as adjective.
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