needless
Syllables: need·less/ˈniːdləs/
needless adjective: not needed; unnecessary.
Adjective
needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)
- Not needed; unnecessary.
- This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.
- […]they were needless bursts of imagination from a man who’d made such a show of unshowiness.2009 June 1, Jon Caramanica, “Country’s King Rules With Restraint”, in The New York Times
- Antonyms:
- needful
Adverb
needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)
- Needlessly, without cause.
needless meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
needless in Urdu
- بیکار, فضول, غیرضروری
needless in Bengali
- অপ্রয়োজনীয়, অনর্থক, নিষ্প্রয়োজন
needless in Malayalam
- വേണ്ടാത്ത, അനാവശ്യമായ, നിഷ്പ്രയോജനമായ
needless in Kannada
- ಅನಾವಶ್ಯಕವಾದ, ಅನಗತ್ಯವಾದ, ಬೇಡದ, ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲದ
More languagesFewer languages
- needless in Nepali
- अनावश्यक
Examples of needless in a sentence
- J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict.
- The pastor preached that even the least of God’s creatures deserves freedom from needless or idle cruelty.
- Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.
Antonyms of needless
Forms of needless
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more needless |
| superlative | most needless |
| alternative form (obsolete) | needles |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more needless |
| superlative | most needless |
Origin of needless
From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need + -less.
Words formed from needless
Words that rhyme with needless
Questions about needless
- What does needless mean?
- Needless means not needed; unnecessary.
- What is needless in Urdu?
- Needless in Urdu is بیکار, فضول, غیرضروری. See Needless meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is needless?
- Needless can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce needless?
- Needless is pronounced /ˈniːdləs/.
Words near needless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: needless (page history and authors); needless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); needless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); needless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); needless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); needless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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