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unrequired

unrequired adjective: not required. Also the simple past and past participle of unrequire.

Adjective

unrequired (not comparable)

  1. Not required.
    • Mr. Goldman said that poll workers might ask for unrequired identification and that citizens might not vote because they mistakenly thought that they could not do so if they did not have certain forms of identification.2008 April 29, Ian Urbina, “Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States”, in New York Times

Also used as

unrequired is also the simple past and past participle of unrequire.

Origin of unrequired

From un- + required.

Questions about unrequired

What does unrequired mean?
Unrequired means not required.
What part of speech is unrequired?
Unrequired is an adjective.

Words near unrequired in the dictionary

  1. unreputable
  2. unreputed
  3. unrequalified
  4. unrequested
  5. unrequire
  6. unrequired
  7. unrequires
  8. unrequiring
  9. unrequisite
  10. unrequisitioned
  11. unrequitable

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