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нену́жный — meaning in English

nenuzhnyy

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English meaning

  • needless adj Not necessary; unwarranted.
  • otiose adj Having no effect.
  • supervacaneous adj Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
  • 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 Having no effect.
  2. adj Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
  3. adj Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
  4. adj Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.

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