Fair
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Fair and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fair" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Anything the artists can draw is fair game for inclusion, whereas in live-action productions either acquiring an example or building a convincing look-alike as a prop is necessary.
Source: Rare Guns - Taking every suspect alive is a must for a perfect score, and taking at least a fair portion alive is necessary to get a good enough score to even progress to the next mission.
Source: Pacifist Run - To be fair to said god, it's not spite: he'll starve if he doesn't get the necessary hearts.
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