Definitions for Unnecessarily
-ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-un·nec·es·sar·i·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unnecessarilyadverb

   in an unnecessary manner

   "they were unnecessarily rude"

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   without any necessity

   "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unnecessarilyadverb

   Needlessly, not necessarily

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   Not by necessity.

   He unnecessarily repeated too much of what others had covered.

3. unnecessarilyadverb

   To an extent beyond what is needed.

   The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an Oxfam event.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unnecessarilyadverb

   Without necessity; without need; needlessly.

   To abrogate, without constraint of manifest harm thereby arising, had been to alter unnecessarily, in their judgment, the antient, received custom of the whole church. Richard Hooker.

   ’Tis highly imprudent in the greatest of men, unnecessarily to provoke the meanest. Roger L'Estrange.

   These words come in without any connexion with the story, and consequently unnecessarily. William Broome.

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1. unnecessarily

   Unnecessarily refers to something done without need, in excess or lacking purpose or justification. It means doing more than what is required, expected, or appropriate in a particular context, often in a way that causes inconvenience, harm or waste.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unnecessarily in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unnecessarily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Unnecessarily in a Sentence

1. The Talmud:

   Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.

2. John Williams:

   The unnecessarily compressed execution schedule using the risky drug midazolam denies prisoners their right to be free from the risk of torture.

3. John Draper:

   Everybody is interested in making sure we can shift…what has been historically a public safety response to mental health emergencies to a public health response to mental health emergencies, because police don't want to be responding to mental health emergencies unnecessarily, and neither does EMS. Those resources should be reserved for public safety circumstances or medically dangerous circumstances, and that is very rarely the case with mental health crises.

4. Phil Weiser:

   Excessive and unnecessary force can happen when situations could have been handled in cooler manner but is unnecessarily and unduly escalated. One way it happens, someone shows up and the way they present is in a way that raises the temperature, this situation could've involved no force but ends up involving significant force. That's unnecessary, excessive. Lots of situations weren't criminal, just problematic policing.

5. Frank Chung:

   One of my biggest concerns was : How do I make sure that I am not a burden ? How do I make sure I'm not just taking up extra PPE unnecessarily ? i was also worried about the potential effects of getting Covid because many of us have seen people who are young and otherwise fairly healthy who have gotten very sick. So I think we all thought that there is a very real risk opting into this.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Unnecessarily
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unnecessarily
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Unnecessarily
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Unnecessarily