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  • 1 unnecessary

    1) (not necessary: It is unnecessary to waken him yet.) ανώφελος, μη αναγκαίος
    2) (that might have been avoided: Your mistake caused a lot of unnecessary work in the office.) άσκοπος, περιττός
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  • 2 Unnecessary

    adj.
    P. and V. οὐκ ἀναγκαῖος.
    Vain, useless: P. and V. κενός, μάταιος, ἀνωφελής; see Vain.
    Excessive: P. and V. περισσός.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Unnecessary

  • 3 unnecessary

    περιττός

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  • 4 anarchist

    1) (a person who believes that governments are unnecessary or undesirable.) αναρχικός
    2) (a person who tries to overturn the government by violence.) αναρχικός

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  • 5 austere

    [o:'stiə]
    (severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure: an austere way of life.) λιτός, απέριττος

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  • 6 frill

    [fril]
    1) (a decorative edging to a piece of cloth, made of a strip of cloth gathered along one side and sewn on: She sewed a frill along the bottom of the skirt.) φραμπαλάς
    2) ((often in plural) something unnecessary added as decoration: the frills of business (= having expensive dinners etc).) περιττό διακοσμητικό στοιχείο, `φρου-φρου`
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  • 7 fuss

    1. noun
    (unnecessary excitement, worry or activity, often about something unimportant: Don't make such a fuss.) φασαρία
    2. verb
    (to be too concerned with or pay too much attention to (unimportant) details: She fusses over children.) ανησυχώ υπερβολικά,κάνω φασαρία
    - fussily
    - make a fuss of

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  • 8 idle

    1. adjective
    1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) αργόσχολος,άπρακτος/αχρησιμοποίητος
    2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) τεμπέλης
    3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) κενός
    4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) αβάσιμος,άσκοπος
    2. verb
    1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) χασομερώ,τεμπελιάζω
    2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) δουλεύω στο ραλαντί
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    - idleness
    - idly
    - idle away

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  • 9 make a clean sweep

    (to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) ξεφορτώνομαι μια για πάντα

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  • 10 needless

    adjective, adverb (unnecessary: You are doing a lot of needless work; Needless to say, he couldn't do it.) άσκοπος,περιττός

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  • 11 prune

    I [pru:n] verb
    (to trim (a tree etc) by cutting off unnecessary twigs and branches: He pruned the roses.) κλαδεύω
    II [pru:n] noun
    (a dried plum.) ξερό δαμάσκηνο

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  • 12 red tape

    (annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations.) γραφειοκρατία

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  • 13 subtle

    1) (faint or delicate in quality, and therefore difficult to describe or explain: There is a subtle difference between `unnecessary' and `not necessary'; a subtle flavour.) λεπτός,μικρός
    2) (clever or cunning: He has a subtle mind.) οξυδερκής,κοφτερός
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    - subtly

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  • 14 uncalled-for

    ((of actions, remarks etc) unnecessary and usually rude: Some of his comments are a bit uncalled-for.) αδικαιολόγητος

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  • Unnecessary — Un*nec es*sa*ry, a. Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. {Un*nec es*sa*ri*ly}, adv. {Un*nec es*sa*ri*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unnecessary — I adjective auxiliary, avoidable, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, extra, extraneous, extrinsic, gratuitous, inessential, irrelevant, needless, non necessarius, noncompulsory, optional, overmuch, redundant, spare,… …   Law dictionary

  • unnecessary — 1540s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + NECESSARY (Cf. necessary). Related: Unnecessarily …   Etymology dictionary

  • unnecessary — [adj] not required accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point*, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish,… …   New thesaurus

  • unnecessary — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not necessary; more than is necessary. DERIVATIVES unnecessarily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unnecessary — [unnes′ə ser΄ē] adj. not necessary or required; needless unnecessarily adv …   English World dictionary

  • unnecessary — adj. 1) unnecessary for 2) unnecessary to + inf. (it s unnecessary for us to wait) 3) unnecessary that + clause (it s unnecessary that you should get involved) * * * [ʌn nesəs(ə)rɪ] unnecessary for unnecessary to + inf. (it s unnecessary for us… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • unnecessary — un|ne|ces|sa|ry [ʌnˈnesəsəri US seri] adj not needed or more than is needed unnecessary expense/cost/extravagance etc ▪ an unnecessary expense ▪ There s no point in taking unnecessary risks. ▪ We can t afford any unnecessary delays. ▪ Williams… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unnecessary — un|nec|es|sar|y [ ʌn nesə,seri ] adjective ** 1. ) used for describing something that should not have happened because it could have been avoided: The policy had caused thousands of families unnecessary suffering. The delay was totally… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unnecessary */*/ — UK [ʌnˈnesəs(ə)rɪ] / US [ʌnˈnesəˌserɪ] adjective 1) a) used for describing something that should not have happened because it could have been avoided The policy had caused thousands of families unnecessary suffering. The delay was totally… …   English dictionary

  • unnecessary — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ consider sth …   Collocations dictionary

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