needless

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• /ˈniːdləs/
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From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need + -less.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ненужен (nenužen) — not needed
• Bulgarian: непотребен (nepotreben) — not needed
• Catalan: innecessari — not needed
• Chinese Mandarin: 不必要的 (bùbìyào de) — not needed
• Dutch: nodeloos — not needed
• Esperanto: senbezona — not needed
• Finnish: tarpeeton — not needed
• French: superflu — not needed
• French: inutile — not needed
• German: unnötig — not needed
• German: überflüssig — not needed
• Italian: superfluo — not needed
• Italian: inutile — not needed
• Japanese: 不必要な (fuhitsuyō na) — not needed
• Māori: papakore — not needed
• Plautdietsch: onneedich — not needed
• Polish: niepotrzebny — not needed
• Polish: zbyteczny — not needed
• Portuguese: desnecessário — not needed
• Russian: нену́жный (nenúžnyj) — not needed
• Russian: изли́шний (izlíšnij) — not needed
• Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum — not needed
• Spanish: sin necesidad — not needed
• Turkish: gereksiz — not needed
• Turkish: lüzumsuz — not needed
• Turkish: boşuna — not needed