Meaning & use
unnecessary
Not needed or required; more than is essential for a particular purpose.
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He removed several unnecessary steps to make the process faster.
Buying a second printer seemed unnecessary since the first one still worked fine.
A note on using this word
Remember the double "n" and single "c" in the spelling: un-neces-sary.
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