Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. not necessary;
[syn: unnecessary, unneeded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unnecessary \Un*nec"es*sa*ry\, a. Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly, adv. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "unnecessary": de trop, dispensable, disposable, excess, expendable, expletive, gratuitous, in excess, inessential, needless, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, tautologic, tautologous, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, verbose

