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needlessness|ˈniːdlɪsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The fact of being needless; unnecessariness.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. iii. 126 [134] He will wipe this suspition of a needlessnes away, and so will proue it needfull. 1699R. L'Estrange Erasm. Colloq. (1725) 16 To convince the World of the vanity and needlessness of invocating saints. 1775De Lolme Eng. Constit. Advt. (1784) 18 The needlessness of an armed force to support itself by. 1894Chicago Advance 22 Nov. 254/2 Speaking of the needlessness of the Sunday paper. |