unneeded
adjective
un·need·ed
ˌən-ˈnē-dəd 
: not required or necessary : not needed
unneeded assistance
an unneeded extra cable
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Investors have been closely watching the issues, saying unneeded warranty costs are a risk to the company's guidance and future business plans.
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Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Simple data hygiene—from each employee reviewing and cleaning their work files to the removal of redundant, outdated or unneeded data in internal databases—will save resources and create less e-waste.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Powered by artificial intelligence, the program — called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model, or WISeR — is intended to save the federal government money and protect patients from potentially unsafe or unneeded care.
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Darius Tahir,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The first attempts to compel vaccination in the 1850s appeared to many to be arbitrary and unneeded extensions of state power at a time when the effectiveness of the shots was still very much in dispute.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Simple data hygiene—from each employee reviewing and cleaning their work files to the removal of redundant, outdated or unneeded data in internal databases—will save resources and create less e-waste.
—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Powered by artificial intelligence, the program — called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model, or WISeR — is intended to save the federal government money and protect patients from potentially unsafe or unneeded care.
—
Darius Tahir,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The first attempts to compel vaccination in the 1850s appeared to many to be arbitrary and unneeded extensions of state power at a time when the effectiveness of the shots was still very much in dispute.
—
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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“Unneeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unneeded. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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