Standard Lemma guide

unneeded

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not needed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not necessary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unnecessary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English needed English unneeded From un- + needed.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: непатрэ́бны (njepatrébny) — not needed, not
  • Bulgarian: нену́жен (nenúžen) — not needed, not
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不需要 (bùxūyào) — not needed, not
  • Czech: nepotřebný — not needed, not
  • Dutch: onnodig — not needed, not
  • Dutch: overbodig — not needed, not
  • French: inutile — not needed, not
  • German: unnötig — not needed, not
  • Hindi: अनावश्यक (anāvaśyak) — not needed, not
  • Japanese: 不必要な (fuhitsuyō na) — not needed, not
  • Korean: 불필요한 (bulpiryohan) — not needed, not
  • Macedonian: непотребен (nepotreben) — not needed, not
  • Norwegian: unødvendig — not needed, not
  • Polish: niepotrzebny — not needed, not
  • Russian: нену́жный (nenúžnyj) — not needed, not
  • Slovak: nepotrebný — not needed, not
  • Spanish: innecesario — not needed, not
  • Swedish: onödig — not needed, not
  • Tamil: தேவையற்றது (tēvaiyaṟṟatu) — not needed, not
  • Turkish: gereksiz — not needed, not
  • Turkish: lüzumsuz — not needed, not
  • Turkish: istenmeyen — not needed, not
  • Turkish: kullanılmayan — not needed, not
  • Ukrainian: непотрі́бний (nepotríbnyj) — not needed, not