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# unnecessarily

adverb (unnecessary, unnecessarily)

«unnecessarily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, a warning not to hurt or annoy someone for no reason; in lessons, it asks whether a step or a word was really needed.

### Examples

- Don't tease the dog unnecessarily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x1)
- The teacher did not shout unnecessarily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x2)
- Cut out any words that are unnecessarily long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x3)

### Note

Nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unnecessarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unnecessarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unnecessarily.html) on Mova free.