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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
     1. Having no need. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Weeping into the needless stream.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless
        labor; needless expenses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless.
        ``Needless jealousy.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- Need"less*ly, adv. --
        Need"less*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

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. ``Needless
        jealousy.'' --Shak. -- Need"less*ly, adv. --
        Need"less*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  needless
       adj : unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was
             burned with needless loss of life" [syn: gratuitous,
             uncalled-for]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     a.
     Not needed; unnecessary.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) needlessly, without cause.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     a.
     Not needed; unnecessary.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) needlessly, without cause.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     a.
     Not needed; unnecessary.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) needlessly, without cause.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     a.
     Not needed; unnecessary.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) needlessly, without cause.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     Englanti n.
     tarpeeton

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  needless
     Engelska a.
     onödig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  onnodig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Needless /nˈiːdləs/
  غير ضروري

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  needless //ˈniːdləs// 
  ненужен, непотребен
  not needed

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  zbytečný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  nutzlos, überflüssig

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  unnötig

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  needless //ˈniːdləs// 
  tarpeeton
  not needed

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/ 
  1. निष्प्रयोजन
        "It was needless waste of time."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  izlišan, nekoristan, nepotreban

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  1. fölösleges
  2. szükségtelen

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  needless //ˈniːdləs// 
  不必要な
  not needed

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]


  needless /niːdləs/
  1. nodeloos, onnodig

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  needless /ˈni:dlɪs/ 
   1.  niepotrzebny
   2.  needless to say (:needless :to :say)
   - nie trzeba dodawać, nie trzeba mówić, oczywiście

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  needless /niːdləs/ 
  desnecessário, inútil

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  needless /nˈiːdləs/
  1. gereksiz, lüzumsuz, istenmeyen. needlessly  gereksizce. needlessness  gereksizlik.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈnidɫəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "needless":
     de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive,
     gratuitous, in excess, inessential, naturally, nonessential,
     obviously, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory,
     superfluous, tautologic, tautological, tautologous, to spare,
     uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired,
     unwanted, useless, verbose

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 不需要的,不必要的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 不必要的,不需要的,多余的

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