unrequisiteadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛkwᵻzɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛkwəzət/ Now rare.
Not requisite or required; unnecessary; uncalled-for.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > useless or needless
idlec897
needlessc1300
over-vaina1382
unrequisite1593
unrequired1702
forbearable1803
otiose1837
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 137 Much may be requisite which the scripture teacheth not, and much which it hath taught become vnrequisite.
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 64 Too full Of fearefull thoughts, and cares vnrequisit.
1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 270 It is nott unrequizite that some Englishman accompany the goods.
1729 T. Stackhouse Compl. Body Divinity iv. viii. 848 An addition..of some new Motive, to make them more secure in the everlasting Possession of their Happiness, seems not unrequisite for them.
1787 J. B. Cutting Let. 4 Nov. in T. Jefferson Papers (1955) XII. 322 The weight of those characters with Your Excellency..must make every post-recommendation of him from me unrequisite as it is unessential.
1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 278 Without allowing the meats to cool by unrequisite delay.
1911 E. B. Dewing Big Horse to Ride xxvi. 301 Covering his aloofness with a skillful ease, polite where politeness was unrequisite.
1998 F. Schulze in D. Miller et al. Photography's Multiple Roles 220/2 lt has the requisite statue of a famous man on a pedestal, placed there..by Friedlander's unrequisite but fitting sense of the absurd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1593