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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are hardly needed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is not necessary or required to a significant extent.
Example: "In this situation, additional resources are hardly needed since we already have enough to complete the project."
Alternatives: "are barely necessary" or "are seldom required".
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But enticements are hardly needed because the passengers climb off the buses primed to spend.
These additions, though welcome, are hardly needed in a musical already chock-full of clever jokes — "something for everyone," as Sondheim's lyric proclaims.
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But it was hardly needed.
The United States' encouragement is hardly needed.
But a bandstand is hardly needed.
Douglas, who had 8 points, was hardly needed against the Illini 10-111, 5-4).
This was hardly needed: Senator Cruz, with his wife and two cherubic daughters in tow, went down a storm.
Mr. Weller said that because "Fifty Words" had changed little in three years, he was hardly needed at rehearsals.
The tanker, owned by Sovcomflot, a Russian state-owned shipping company, was escorted by two nuclear icebreakers, but they were hardly needed.
Mr. Grillo, in a wet suit, swam it in October in one hour, a stunt he said had shown why the bridge was hardly needed.
Someone else can fill in the bench players and relief pitchers, though with six Hall of Famers, they're hardly needed.
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