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UK
/nˈiːdləsli/
]
[ US /ˈnidɫəsɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈnidɫəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
without need
it would needlessly bring badness into the world
How To Use needlessly In A Sentence
- A lot of information is needlessly cluttering your mind.
- During this time Kissinger needlessly prolonged U.S. war-making in which 20,853 Americans were killed and an officially U. S.-estimated 7,860,013 Indochinese were murdered, maimed or made homeless. Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History
- British racing has advanced in this regard but too many key races are still needlessly lost. Times, Sunday Times
- But his critics say he has needlessly antagonized professors with his autocratic style.
- Although one should generally refuse that food which "needlessly taxes digestion and so impairs mental activity," a young student — particularly a young condottiere such as Guidobaldo — could not be permitted to develop a finicky palate. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
- Someone decided that the semicolons were needlessly fussy, resulting in what English teachers call a dangling modifier.
- The goalkeeper showed his continuing nervousness by needlessly coming to claim the resultant corner. Times, Sunday Times
- As long as he has not been exonerated from the first assault, this may safely be accomplished without opening themselves to a defamation suit (i.e. they need to keep within the truth, and not tarnish his reputation needlessly). The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime?
- However, intensive care also raises the specter of treatment for treatment's sake and fears of a life prolonged needlessly by machines.
- Such a policy would needlessly destroy millions of acres of already dwindling sage-steppe habitat that supports sage grouse and other grassland species, such as pronghorn, mule deer and golden eagles.