| Main Entry: | avoidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preventable |
Synonyms: |
avertible, escapable, needless, stoppable, unnecessary |
Antonyms: |
inescapable, inevitable |
| Main Entry: | uncalled-for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, avoidable, fortuitous, futile, inappropriate, inessential, needless, nonessential, not required, optional, unessential, uninvited, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, unwarranted, unwelcome, useless |
| Main Entry: | unessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
avoidable, beside the point, dispensable, expendable, futile, inessential, irrelevant, needless, nonessential, optional, uncalled-for, unimportant, unneeded, unrequired, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unnecessary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not required |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
Antonyms: |
indispensable, necessary, needed, required |
| Main Entry: | inessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unneeded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unrequired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, useless, wanton, worthless |