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Needlessly meaning

  1. In a needless manner.
  2. To a degree or extent beyond what is needed.
  3. Without need.

Using Needlessly

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a needless manner. | To a degree or extent beyond what is needed. | Without need.
  • In the example corpus, needlessly often appears in combinations such as: is needlessly, be needlessly, and needlessly.

Context around Needlessly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Needlessly

  • In this selection, "needlessly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feel, members, forward, convoluted, complicated and casual stand out and add context to how "needlessly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after a needlessly casual back and brands keep needlessly spending on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "needlessly" sits close to words such as adesina, adityanath and adoration, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with needlessly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

DC's continuity is needlessly complicated. (6 words)

Modern examples are either no-budget embarrassments or needlessly self-serious. (11 words)

That is simply wrong and needlessly carrying out complex surgery is dangerous. (12 words)

Continued to play with the freedom he craves, that being on show when he muscled Shami over long off to move from six to 12. However, when you live by the sword, you can also die by it, and that happened when he needlessly chased a wide one. (48 words)

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life — knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. (43 words)

In the aforementioned Kidd scene, the girls were talking about Wendy Seager and Sam Carver's fling, which is a new development in the show, but instead of discussing this further, the conversation needlessly shifted to Severide. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Adding more people to the fray only makes his overall scheme feel needlessly convoluted.

And then all of a sudden there's trouble at the back after a needlessly casual back pass to Jordan Pickford.

But even then, Potter’s luck wouldn’t last as Felix saw red after needlessly throwing himself into a high tackle that crashed into Tete’s shin.

Continued to play with the freedom he craves, that being on show when he muscled Shami over long off to move from six to 12. However, when you live by the sword, you can also die by it, and that happened when he needlessly chased a wide one.

DC's continuity is needlessly complicated.

Focusing on anything else puts the lives of U.S. service members needlessly at risk.

He didn’t fly forward needlessly and leave Blues exposed at the back.

Industry-wide, Lone Ranger keywords drive millions in wasted paid search spend every month, and many brands keep needlessly spending on those terms simply because identifying them is labor-intensive.

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In my limited experience, when push comes to shove they tend to be needlessly uncritical of Labour, whatever the flavour of local Labour happens to be.

In the aforementioned Kidd scene, the girls were talking about Wendy Seager and Sam Carver's fling, which is a new development in the show, but instead of discussing this further, the conversation needlessly shifted to Severide.

It would still be a just cause to fight for anyone who such torture had happened to needlessly, but man, it is fuel for the fire that he was such a wonderful human being.

Katrina praises the work of the Leukaemia Foundation, and it recently released a report revealing how the city-country divide is needlessly costing lives.

Meanwhile, Tory MP Jonathan Gullis told: 'To encourage people to needlessly risk their lives is one of the most reckless things you can do, and will help put thousands of pounds in the hands of smuggling gangs.

Modern examples are either no-budget embarrassments or needlessly self-serious.

Nightmare doesn't need to be there anymore, and the Slater/Reed/Journey issue is needlessly convoluted for something that's already pretty racist.

Opponents argued services would be spread too thin, staff would be needlessly axed and customers who rely on the ticket office – including those with disabilities and other medical conditions – would be left out in the cold.

That is simply wrong and needlessly carrying out complex surgery is dangerous.

The most powerful government in the world will yet again have its core functions needlessly shut down as part of political posturing.

The subsequent seasons of are a very mixed bag that struggle from a compulsion to get ahead of the audience, but in the end it only results in needlessly complicated storytelling.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life — knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

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Common combinations with needlessly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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How do you use "needlessly" in a sentence?
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What does "needlessly" mean?
Needlessly means: In a needless manner.
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