Needed
Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.
Preferable and needed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preferable" instead an adjective "Needed".
Preferable
Preferable adjective - More desirable than another.
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Needed and preferable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Preferable".
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Unlike his shipmates, he decides to learn the language and cultural skills needed to fit into the unfamiliar society, and eventually decides that it's preferable to the society he came from in a number of ways.
Source: Going Native - It adds some noticeable and much needed bottom end (EQ tweaks fall under the purview of a mastering engineer as well as a mixing engineer) which many would find preferable to the tininess of the original, but it's also compressed to near brickwall levels.
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