Sentence examples for the unnecessary from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'the unnecessary' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that is not needed. For example, "We need to get rid of the unnecessary clutter in this room."

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the unnecessary

adjective

Not needed or necessary.

  • The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.

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It has been called "the unnecessary war".

"It's all about removing the unnecessary".

Abbott: Rudd without the unnecessary calories.

They are all about the unnecessary.

These have the unnecessary but brilliant addition of salted caramel.

Churchill called World War II the unnecessary war.

Avoid the redundant phrases, the distracting adjectives, the unnecessary adverbs.

A great documentary, that even the unnecessary reconstructions didn't spoil.

(The unnecessary excuse for it is Mr. Freud's 80th birthday).

Neighbors object only to the unnecessary height proposed.

"But that is the unnecessary outcome, in my view.

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