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English Dictionary: needless	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for needless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needless adj unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" Synonym(s): gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Needless \Nee"dless\, a. 1. Having no need. [Obs.] Weeping into the needless stream. --Shak. 2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses. 3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. [bd]Needless jealousy.[b8] --Shak. -- {Need"lessly}, adv. -- {Need"lessness}, n.