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| Main Entry: | unnecessary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not required |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point*, casual, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, irrelevant, lavish, needless, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, useless, wanton, worthless, causeless, inessential, noncompulsory, supererogatory, unneeded, unrequired |
| Antonyms: | indispensable, necessary, needed, required |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | avoidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preventable |
| Synonyms: | needless, unnecessary, avertible, escapable, stoppable |
| Antonyms: | inescapable, inevitable |
| Main Entry: | dispensable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not necessary; able to be thrown away |
| Synonyms: | excessive, expendable, minor, needless, nonessential, removable, superfluous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, useless, disposable, unrequired |
| Antonyms: | indispensable, necessary, needed, useful, irreplaceable |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
| Synonyms: | additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button*, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gravy*, ice*, lagniappe*, leftover, more, needless, new, optional, other, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unused, added, gingerbread, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, one more, over and above, unneeded |
| Antonyms: | basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irrelevant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beside the point |
| Synonyms: | extraneous, foreign, garbage, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, inconsequential, insignificant, out of order, outside, pointless, remote, trivial, unconnected, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated, inapposite, inappurtenant, inapropos, inconsequent, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, out of place, unapt, without reference |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, necessary, pertinent, related, relevant |
| Main Entry: | nonessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not needed or important |
| Synonyms: | dispensable, excessive, expendable, extraneous, insignificant, peripheral, petty, superfluous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, deadwood, excess baggage, inessential |
| Antonyms: | essential, important, necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | pointless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, impotent, inane, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, nonsensical, powerless, remote, silly, stupid, trivial, unavailing, uninteresting, unnecessary, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vague, vain, worthless, around in circles, going nowhere, in vicious circle, needle in haystack, nongermane, not pertinent, on treadmill, purportless |
| Antonyms: | beneficial, meaningful, pointed, profitable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | purposeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless, insignificant |
| Synonyms: | aimless, desultory, empty, feckless, fustian, good-for-nothing*, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, needless, nonsensical, pointless, random, senseless, unnecessary, unplanned, unprofitable, vacuous, wanton, worthless, designless, drifting, floundering, goalless, motiveless, purportless, uncalled for, undirected, unhelpful, unpurposed |
| Antonyms: | decided, deliberate, determined, planned, purposeful, significant, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inordinate, long-winded*, loquacious, oratorical, padded, prolix, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy, de trop, inessential, iterating, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, reiterating, supererogatory |
| Antonyms: | concise, essential, single, singular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unimportant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no real worth, value |
| Synonyms: | beside the point*, casual, frivolous, frothy, immaterial, inconsequential, indifferent, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, nothing*, nugatory, null, paltry, petty, picayune, second-rate*, slight, trifling, trivial, unnecessary, useless, worthless, zero*, zilch*, zip*, inconsiderable, low-ranking, of no account, of no consequence, shoestring* |
| Antonyms: | big, important, relevant, serious, useful, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inappropriate, incidental, needless, nonessential, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated, inapposite, inessential, off the subject |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |
| Main Entry: | immaterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
| Synonyms: | extraneous, foreign, impertinent, inapplicable, inappropriate, inconsequential, inconsiderate, insignificant, meaningless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, inapposite, inconsiderable, inessential, irrelative, matter of indifference, no big deal, no never mind, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance |
| Antonyms: | essential, important, material, meaningful, relevant, substantial |
| Main Entry: | nominal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low, low-priced, meaningless, minimal, small, symbolic, token, trifling, trivial, unnecessary, inconsiderable |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
| Antonyms: | important, significant |
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless, ineffective |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, empty, frivolous, fruitless, futile, groundless, hollow, insignificant, irrelevant, nugatory, otiose, pointless, rambling, superficial, trivial, unavailing, unnecessary, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain, not serious, of no avail, unhelpful |
| Antonyms: | effective, important, productive, worthwhile |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | impropriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
awkward, clumsy, contraindicated, cumbersome, cumbrous, disadvantageous, discommodious, hulky, ill, impedient, improper, in the wrong place, inadmissible, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, incommodious, inconvenient, ineligible, inexpedient, inopportune, lumbering, objectionable, out of place, unadvisable, undesirable, unfit, unmanageable, unnecessary, unprofitable, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsubservient, unwieldy
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| Main Entry: | uselessness |
| Part of Speech: | |
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abortive, and unprofitable, bootless, dear at any price, disused, done with, effete, empty, fit for the dust, flat, fruitless, frustraneous, futile, gainless, good for nothing, ill, inadequate, inane, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, inservient, inutile, kokshut, leading to no end, misembodied, misused, not required, not used, not worth a straw, not worth having, not worth powder and shot, obsolete, of no avail, of no earthly use, otiant, otiose, past work, priceless, profitless, stale, strange, superfluous, thrown away, unapplied, unavailing, uncalled for, unculled, undisposed of, unemployed, unessayed, unexceeded, unexercised, ungathered, unnecessary, unproductive, unprofitable, unsalable, unserviceable, unservient, unspent, unsubservient, untouched, untrodden, vain, valueless, worthless
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