unnecessarily meaning
[ ʌn'nesisərili ] Pronunciation: "unnecessarily" in a sentence
- Adverb: unnecessarily `ún`nesu'serulee
- In an unnecessary manner
"they were unnecessarily rude" - Without any necessity
"this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"
See also: unnecessary
Antonym: necessarily
- In an unnecessary manner
Examples
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- your highness is taking offence very unnecessarily.
- all you're doing is worrying your mother unnecessarily.
- the waiters were unnecessarily rude, but none of the customers would kick up a fuss about it.
- visual instruments are designed with this in mind so that the eye need not strain unnecessarily.
- a plan may contribute to the attainment of objectives, but at too high or unnecessarily high costs.