needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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The dullard cousin of the repetition family is redundancy, that almost onomatopoeic term for needless recapitulation.—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 The bizarre case of Luigi Mangione should also be considered a needless stain on Baltimore.—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025 While the world is transfixed on America’s needless alienation of longtime American ally Ukraine, another American ally has come under fire from the administration.—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 And needless to say, now that the new star is here, his way of business-going will permeate the entire roster.—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for needless
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