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needless

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1. needless - Adjective

2. needless - Adverb

3. needless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having no need.

Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses.

Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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To those who have an active belief, reasoned proofs are needless and probably useless. Anthony the Great

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer. Daniel Defoe

When people are uncertain about what is right and what is wrong, and anxious about being considered old-fashioned, it seems to be worse than folly that Christians are still arguing about doctrinal matters which can only bring needless distress to a number of people. Charles III

I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, Of needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. William Cowper

Why should a man deliberately encircle his mind with needless prison walls. No man can reach highest excellence who puts limits to his own thought. Arthur Desmond

It is needless to pour water on a drown'd mouse. Scottish Proverb

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