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innecessary

innecessary adjective: not required.

Adjective

innecessary (comparative more innecessary, superlative most innecessary)

  1. (rare) Not required.
    Synonyms:
    unnecessary

Synonyms of innecessary

Forms of innecessary

comparativemore innecessary
superlativemost innecessary

Origin of innecessary

From in- + necessary.

Questions about innecessary

What does innecessary mean?
Innecessary means not required.
What part of speech is innecessary?
Innecessary is an adjective.

Words near innecessary in the dictionary

  1. innatists
  2. innative
  3. innavigable
  4. innavigably
  5. inne
  6. innecessary
  7. inned
  8. innegligible
  9. innelite
  10. inner
  11. Inner Asia

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