Unnecessariness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Unnecessariness is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
Meaning
The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
Example Sentences
In the sad case of Paris Hilton, whose sheer unnecessariness epitomizes her career, her unnecessary accessory of choice is an SUV.
A disciplined brain will at once show the unnecessariness of most ambitions, and will ensure that the remainder shall be conducted with reason.
The unavoidableness of which effects hath carried some of their Casuists into an opinion, of the unnecessariness of devotion in these holy businesses: so as one says . . . "Though it be convenient, that the Communicant should have actual devotion; yet, it is not necessary."
Synonyms for unnecessariness
Depending on context, synonyms include gratuitousness, needlessness.
Antonyms for unnecessariness
Common opposites include necessariness, necessity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include necessariness, unessentialness, unessentiality, necessitousness, nonessentiality, necessitude.
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