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нену́жный — meaning in English

nenuzhnyy

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English meaning

  • needless adj Not necessary; unwarranted.
  • otiose adj Achieving nothing; useless.
  • supervacaneous adj (formal) Extra and not actually needed.
  • unnecessary adjective Not needed; more than is required.
  • useless adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.

Senses

нену́жный is used for these senses in English:

  • needless Not needed; unnecessary.
  • otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
  • supervacaneous (now, _, rare) Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
  • unnecessary Not needed or necessary.
  • unneeded Not needed.
  • useless Without use or possibility to be used.

otiose — full definition

  1. adj Achieving nothing; useless.
  2. adj Done without care, as if only for the sake of it.
  3. adj Unwilling to make any effort or do any work.
  4. adj Lazy and bored, showing no interest in doing anything.
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