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unnecessarily

/ənˈnɛsəˌsɛɹəɫi/ adv B1

in a way that is not needed

Word Origin Necessary comes from Latin 'ne-' (not) and 'cedere' (to yield) — literally 'not yielding', something unavoidable. That's why unnecessarily means without being unavoidable. The root 'cedere' gives us concede (yield together), recede (yield back), and proceed (go forward). The breakdown 'un+necessary+ily' layers the negative prefix and adverbial suffix onto that core idea.

adv in a way that is not needed B1

She unnecessarily checked her phone every minute.

(副词) 不必要地；多余地

她每分钟都不必要地查看手机。

(adverbio) innecesariamente; sin necesidad; en balde [de manera innecesaria]

Ella revisaba su teléfono innecesariamente cada minuto.

(adverbe) inutilement; sans nécessité [De façon non nécessaire, sans raison valable.]

Elle vérifiait son téléphone **unnecessarily** (inutilement) chaque minute.

(Adverb) unnötigerweise; überflüssigerweise [auf eine Weise, die nicht erforderlich oder überflüssig ist]

Sie hat **unnecessarily** jede Minute auf ihr Handy geschaut.

(副詞) 不必要に、無用に

彼女は一分ごとに不必要にスマホを確認した。

(advérbio) desnecessariamente; sem necessidade; inutilmente [de maneira desnecessária]

Ela verificou o celular desnecessariamente a cada minuto.

Synonyms: needlessly excessively pointlessly redundantly Antonyms: necessarily essentially

adv In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

He unnecessarily complicated the simple instructions.

(副词) 不必要地；多余地

他毫无必要地把简单的说明复杂化了。

(adverbio) innecesariamente; sin necesidad; de forma innecesaria; gratuitamente [De manera innecesaria; sin necesidad.]

Él innecesariamente complicó las instrucciones simples.

(adverbe) inutilement; sans nécessité; gratuitement; pour rien; sans raison [D'une manière non nécessaire ; sans besoin réel.]

Il a **unnecessarily** compliqué des instructions pourtant simples.

(Adverb) unnötigerweise; ohne Not [Auf eine Weise, die nicht notwendig ist; ohne Notwendigkeit.]

Er verkomplizierte die einfachen Anweisungen **unnecessarily**.

(副詞) 不必要な方法で；必要性によらず。

彼は簡単な指示を不必要に複雑にしてしまった。

(advérbio) desnecessariamente; sem necessidade [De maneira desnecessária; sem necessidade.]

Ele desnecessariamente complicou as instruções simples.

Synonyms: needlessly gratuitously superfluously avoidably pointlessly redundantly overly unduly Antonyms: necessarily inevitably essentially indispensably

adv To an extent beyond what is needed.

She worried unnecessarily about every small detail.

(副词) 过度地；过分地

她过度担心每一个小细节。

(adverbio) innecesariamente; excesivamente; de más; en demasía [En un grado superior al necesario.]

Ella se preocupó innecesariamente por cada pequeño detalle.

(adverbe) trop; excessivement; démesurément; par trop; de trop [Au-delà de ce qui est requis ; de façon superflue.]

Elle s'inquiétait **unnecessarily** pour chaque petit détail.

(Adverb) übermäßig; unnötig [In einem Ausmaß, das über das Erforderliche hinausgeht.]

Sie machte sich **unnecessarily** Sorgen um jedes kleine Detail.

(副詞) 必要とされる範囲を超えて。

彼女は小さな細部まで必要以上に心配した。

(advérbio) desnecessariamente; excessivamente; demais [Até um ponto além do necessário.]

Ela se preocupou desnecessariamente com cada pequeno detalhe.

Synonyms: excessively overly unduly inordinately immoderately extravagantly too much superfluously Antonyms: moderately sparingly minimally slightly
Word parts: un + necessary + ily

Common collocations

seem verb high adj quite adv complex adj long adj expensive adj point subst complicated adj suffer verb raise verb difficult adj restrictive adj

Related words

necessary necessarily unnecessary necessity necessitate necessitous concession recession precedent process success

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