Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Useful and necessary are semantically related in performing a function topic. In some cases you can use "Useful" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Both benders and non-benders are pretty much treated the same, except for situations where the ability to bend would be necessary or useful.
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Notably, this is the only way, asides from its ice counterpart, to dispose of the corpses of zombies (which is not necessary or useful in anyway but is still very cool).
Source: Video Game / Gex -
The game also blurs the boundaries between combat and platforming by making many of the moves useful and necessary for both of these.
Source: Video Game / Guacamelee!
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