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unnecessarily
[/ʌnˈnesəserəli/]
adverb
desnecessariamente
1.
in a way that is not necessary; without need or justification
You're worrying unnecessarily about the exam.
Você está se preocupando desnecessariamente com o exame.
2.
without good reason; needlessly
The report was unnecessarily complicated.
O relatório era desnecessariamente complicado.
Synonyms
needlessly
pointlessly
superfluously
redundantly
uselessly
Antonyms
necessarily
essentially
importantly
justifiably
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
desnecessariamente
standard usage across Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
desnecessariamente
common standard usage
São Paulo
desnecessariamente
common standard usage
Portugal
desnecessariamente
standard usage in European Portuguese
Related Idioms & Phrases
without rhyme or reason
for no good reason
without cause
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