Definition of needless

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Needless (a.) Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.

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Battologize :: Battologize (v. t.) To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Needless :: Needless (a.) Having no need.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..
Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Ditty-box :: Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc..
Electro-puncture :: Electro-puncture (n.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus..
Alarmist :: Alarmist (n.) One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms..
Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal..
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..
Hairsplitter :: Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
Needless :: Needless (a.) Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.
Tautology :: Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison..
Gadding :: Gadding (a. & n.) Going about much, needlessly or without purpose..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Needless :: Needless (a.) Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses..
Supervened :: Supervacaneous (a.) Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.
Bugbear :: Bugbear (a.) Causing needless fright.
Overanxious :: Overanxious (a.) Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.
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