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In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
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This proactive assessment prevents feature creep and unnecessary platform lock-in while keeping core services lean and performant.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
To top it all off, companies such as Razer find ways to squeeze RGB lights into unnecessary places so that devices spew out rainbows.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
It’s not loaded with unnecessary features, the fit is great, and so far it’s proven extremely durable.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
Sparks is an irrelevant one-off character, and his shooting of an unarmed woman with her daughter in the backseat exists solely to propel Athena’s arc forward, making the moment feel ugly and unnecessary.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
To top it all off, companies such as Razer find ways to squeeze RGB lights into unnecessary places so that devices spew out rainbows.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
It’s not loaded with unnecessary features, the fit is great, and so far it’s proven extremely durable.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
Sparks is an irrelevant one-off character, and his shooting of an unarmed woman with her daughter in the backseat exists solely to propel Athena’s arc forward, making the moment feel ugly and unnecessary.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Unnecessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnecessary. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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unnecessary
adjective
un·nec·es·sary
ˌən-ˈnes-ə-ˌser-ē 
ˈən-
: not necessary
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