unnecessarily
adverb
un·nec·es·sar·i·ly
ˌən-ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē 
: not by necessity : to an unnecessary degree
unnecessarily harsh criticism
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That’s not always the case—and they’re sometimes unnecessarily put on rounds of antibiotics.
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Julia Sullivan, SELF, 6 May 2024
How many of those children found health insurance elsewhere is unknown, according to the authors of the report, which questioned Florida’s efforts to prevent children from going uninsured unnecessarily.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
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Julia Sullivan, SELF, 6 May 2024
How many of those children found health insurance elsewhere is unknown, according to the authors of the report, which questioned Florida’s efforts to prevent children from going uninsured unnecessarily.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for unnecessarily
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unnecessarily
adverb
un·nec·es·sar·i·ly
ˌən-ˌnes-ə-ˈser-ə-lē
1
: not by necessity
spent money unnecessarily
2
: to an unnecessary degree
an unnecessarily harsh punishment
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