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Adjectives (3)
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uncalled-for
adj. not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions"
gratuitous, needless
adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
Fuzzynyms (15)
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inessential, unessential
adj. not basic or fundamental
motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
adj. occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful
adj. far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"
irrational
adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
undue, unjustified, unwarranted
adj. lacking justification or authorization; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
expendable
adj. suitable to be expended
pointless, purposeless
adj. lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
Synonyms (29)
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abdicable
adj. capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites"
cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)
adj. thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
excessive, superfluous, de trop
adj. "in retrospect the elaborate preparations seemed de trop"
friendless, outcast
adj. excluded from a society
outcaste, casteless
adj. not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person"
rejected
adj. something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise"
unclaimed
adj. not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee; "unclaimed luggage"
undesired, unsought
adj. not desired; "an undesired result"
unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for
adj. not welcome; "unwelcome publicity"
inessential
adj. not absolutely necessary
excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
adj. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
spare
adj. kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
Antonyms (1)
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necessary
adj. absolutely essential
prerequisite > force > approve > basic > set up > accept > fire > uncalled-for
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