word-vault/dist/data/cards/un/unnecessary.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "unnecessary",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not needed; more than is needed",
            "sensetop": "it is unnecessary to do somethingit is unnecessary for somebody/something to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All this fuss is totally unnecessary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was unnecessary to carry out more stringent safety testing.",
                    "contextForm": "it is unnecessary to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They argued that it was unnecessary for government to regulate the industry.",
                    "contextForm": "it is unnecessary for somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't take any unnecessary risks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cigarette smoking causes 450,000 unnecessary deaths every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "unnecessary expense"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Antibiotics should be unnecessary for most patients with a sore throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave her parents unnecessary worry when she forgot to call them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police stand accused of the use of wholly unnecessary violence during the arrest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the possession of items strictly unnecessary to survival"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an unnecessary war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Critics of the mayor denounced the idea as unnecessary for the city"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unjustified",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not needed in the situation and likely to be offensive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That last comment was a little unnecessary, wasn't it?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was quite unnecessary and I want you to apologize."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "uncalled for",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈnesəsəri/",
                "audio": "un/unnecessary/unnecessary__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈnesəseri/",
                "audio": "un/unnecessary/unnecessary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}