- (of something bad) not necessary; that could be avoided synonym unnecessary
- needless suffering
- Banning smoking would save needless deaths.
- The report caused needless anxiety to hundreds of women.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNeedless is used with these nouns:- anxiety
- death
- suffering
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Idioms
See needless in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryneedless to say
- used to emphasize that the information you are giving is obvious
- The problem, needless to say, is the cost involved.
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