Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Unnecessary is a synonym for excessive in exorbitant topic. In some cases you can use "Unnecessary" instead an adjective "Excessive", when it comes to topics like unessential, superfluous.
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Unnecessary
Unnecessary adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Excessive is a synonym for unnecessary in superfluous topic. You can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Unnecessary", if it concerns topics such as unessential.
Nearby Word: unnecessarily
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- exorbitant and excessive
- exorbitant and unnecessary
- lavish and excessive
- lavish and unnecessary
- extravagant and excessive
- extravagant and unnecessary
- excess and excessive
- excess and unnecessary
- surplus and excessive
- surplus and unnecessary
- unreasonable and excessive
- unreasonable and unnecessary
- dispensable and excessive
- dispensable and unnecessary
Both words in one sentence
- Given they could have just forced her to take them to the cars and have her drive them to safety at gunpoint, the torture might have been a bit excessive, if not totally unnecessary.
Source: Mutilation Interrogation -
Octagon Vreedle: Now, can you see how one might construe that there reaction of yours as a tad bit excessive, if not wholly unnecessary?
Source: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - The author, however, was clear in saying that all the paying evil unto evil he does is largely unnecessary and overly excessive.
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