needlessness
State of redundancy
Needlessness is the quality of being unnecessary or avoidable.
The word typically carries a note of criticism—pointing out that something wasteful or harmful could have been prevented: the needlessness of the war, the sheer needlessness of his cruelty.
It emphasizes that whatever occurred served no purpose.
State of lacking meaning
- uselessnessLack of practical value
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- futilityLack of purpose
ineffectuality · emptiness · vacuity · irrelevance · inconsequence · unimportance · triviality · insignificance
Excessive amount beyond necessity
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
oversupply · plethora · saturation · profusion · overflow · redundancy · excessiveness · overstock
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
inefficiency · prodigality · overspending · misuse · frittering · improvidence · lavishness · squander
Act of redoing
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- pleonasmRedundant expression
- reiterationSaying something again
verbosity · surplusage · circumlocution · prolixity · repetitiousness · superfluousness · padding · filler
Quality of being sacrificeable
- optionalityValue of having choices
- unimportanceLack of consequence
- nonessentialityBeing not strictly needed
- extraneousnessQuality of being unessential
pointlessness
State of lacking meaning
- uselessnessLack of practical value
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
futility · ineffectuality · emptiness · vacuity · irrelevance · inconsequence · unimportance · triviality · insignificance · inanity
superfluity
Excessive amount beyond necessity
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
surfeit · oversupply · plethora · saturation · profusion · overflow · redundancy · excessiveness · overstock · overage
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
overconsumption · inefficiency · prodigality · overspending · misuse · frittering · improvidence · lavishness · squander · overuse
repetition
Act of redoing
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- pleonasmRedundant expression
reiteration · verbosity · surplusage · circumlocution · prolixity · repetitiousness · superfluousness · padding · filler
expendability
Quality of being sacrificeable
- optionalityValue of having choices
- unimportanceLack of consequence
- nonessentialityBeing not strictly needed
extraneousness · immateriality · disposability · replaceability
needlessnessnecessity
Indispensable requirement
essentialness · indispensability · needfulness · essentiality · need
needlessnessusefulness
Practical value or purpose
helpfulness · utility · purposefulness · functionality · serviceability
need, needed, needs, needy, needing, unnecessary, needless, unneeded, necessitate