Needless
Needless adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Usage example: needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
Optional and needless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Optional" instead an adjective "Needless".
Nearby Words: need, needlessly
Optional
Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.
Needless and optional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needless" instead an adjective "Optional".
Nearby Words: option, optionally
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- surplus and needless
- surplus and optional
- unessential and needless
- unessential and optional
- nonessential and needless
- nonessential and optional
- useless and needless
- useless and optional
- dispensable and needless
- dispensable and optional
- expendable and needless
- expendable and optional
- unnecessary and needless
- unnecessary and optional
Both words in one sentence
- Needless to say, that's the last we see of Simeon (outside an optional event, anyway).
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