Meaning

2 senses
  1. In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

    He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.

    unnötigerweise

    without any necessity

  2. To an extent beyond what is needed.

    The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. This is an unnecessarily harsh measure.

  2. Tom thinks Mary is being unnecessarily cautious.

  3. The manager was unnecessarily rough on Tom.

  4. Tom thinks that Mary is being unnecessarily cautious.

    ruТом думает, что Мэри слишком осторожна. — Biga

  5. The manager was unnecessarily rough on him.

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in an unnecessary way:

Origin

From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.

From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.

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Forms

more unnecessarily, most unnecessarily
Comparativemore unnecessarily Lesson
Superlativemost unnecessarily

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unnecessarily — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto