Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unneededly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-need-ed-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unneeded manner; not neededly.

Example Sentences

"Adoption of such a tax reform would only increase the long run excess burden unneededly."
""We could have just stayed back home and not had to worry with it." Philip pointed out unneededly."
"[…] no tables this time, and I'm typing that unneededly to help memory because that way of doing it came to mind, interesting, but I don't want to ruin quickly established flow too much."

Etymology

From un- + neededly or unneeded + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Suffix: unneeded

Inflected Forms

more unneededly (comparative) most unneededly (superlative)

Synonyms

needlessly unnecessarily

Questions

What does unneededly mean?: In an unneeded manner; not neededly.
Where does unneededly come from?: From un- + neededly or unneeded + -ly.

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