unnecessary
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adjective
auxiliary, avoidable, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, extra, extraneous, extrinsic, gratuitous, inessential, irrelevant, needless, non necessarius, noncompulsory, optional, overmuch, redundant, spare, supererogative, supererogatory, superfluous, supervacaneus, supervacuus, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, unessential, unimportant, unneeded, unrequired
associated concepts: unnecessary force
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index
circumstantial, excess, excessive, expendable, extraneous, gratuitous (unwarranted), inconsequential, inordinate, minor, needless, nonessential, null (insignificant), otiose, redundant, superfluous, undue (excessive), unessential, unwarranted
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006