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needlessBritish English/\u02c8ni\u02d0d.l\u0259s/
U.S. English/\u02c8nid.l\u0259s/
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Meaning & Use
[ADJECTIVE]Not needed or wanted, unnecessary, uncalled for; useless, avoidable. Now frequently in parenthetic phrase
needless to say: as it is unnecessary to say; as will already have been deduced. [c1300\u2013]
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Cite
ChicagoOxford English Dictionary, s.v. \u201cneedless (adj.), sense 1,\u201d September 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3867272174.
MLA9\u201cNeedless, Adj., Sense 1.\u201d Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, September 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3867272174.
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