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# unnecessarily

«unnecessarily» in Mova's school dictionary: **not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (unnecessary, unnecessarily)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a warning not to hurt or annoy someone for no reason; in lessons, it asks whether a step or a word was really needed.

### examples

- Don't tease the dog unnecessarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x1)
- The teacher did not shout unnecessarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x2)
- Cut out any words that are unnecessarily long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/#x3)

### note

Nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unnecessarily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unnecessarily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.