How to Use unneeded in a Sentence

unneeded

adjective
  • Just needs to stop the unneeded penalties.
    — Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Close off unneeded rooms and place towels or rags in any cracks under the doors.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 30 Dec. 2017
  • Turn off unneeded electronics and don’t heat up the stove or oven.
    — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
  • The lot has since closed, but the seats, unneeded in any case, were never returned.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • Delete unneeded downloads from your desktop or file them away.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Turning off unneeded lights is a good way to reduce this carnage.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Take a look around and maybe start cleaning out unwanted and unneeded items.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
  • Some believed the survey would flag too many kids and result in unneeded tests.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In the end, who ends up paying the freight for unneeded pipe replacement?
    — Paul G. Pinsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Keep essential tools, but take out unneeded items.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • For more than one hour, their helmets remained there, unused and unneeded.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Use lopping shears to remove all the stubbly dead or unneeded branches one at a time.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • People with unneeded or unwanted firearms can sell them to the city in exchange for gift cards.
    — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • These women may end up getting unneeded treatments and surgeries that have their own risks and harms.
    — Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 21 Oct. 2021
  • File papers, bus glassware and plates, and recycle or toss unneeded items.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • App designers can provide an unneeded feature and create a need for it over time.
    — Nazanin Andalibi, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Erase your unneeded guidelines, and begin to add texture and shadows.
    — Amy Raudenbush, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
  • Ahead of that, fans got a sneak peek at the credits, and many feel that one cast member got an unneeded introduction.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 18 June 2019
  • Marek Houston added some unneeded insurance runs with a grand slam in the eighth inning.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 11 June 2023
  • Patients were put through unneeded anxiety and pain so the doctor could make millions.
    — Sara Cline, ExpressNews.com, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Any good bartender should be responsive to the needs of their guests and not demand unneeded attention.
    — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • Fast-casual places use too much breading and serve pools of marinara sauce as an unneeded accoutrement to mask this dish.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • And since exercise hasn’t become a part of their routine, the unneeded calories will result in pounds gained.
    — Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 15 May 2024
  • Suara pushed back on the notion that the rule was unneeded, stating that such a change could prevent future out-of-town disruptors.
    — Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • It was introduced to correct gross negligence but has become a grossly unneeded part of the game.
    — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
  • But Democrats said the legislation was both unneeded and immoral.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This isn't the first time Thore has spoken out about unneeded Instagram comments.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 26 July 2019
  • Over the years, fishermen tossed fish guts and any unneeded catch onto the island, while other kind souls left bowls of water and store-bought cat food.
    — Diarlei Rodrigues and David Biller, Star Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Burnetti hoped the rhodopsin would find its way into the yeast’s vacuole, an enzyme-laden sac that degrades unneeded proteins.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The work-from-home trend has also prompted companies to dump millions of square feet of unneeded offices on the sublease market.
    — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023

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