unnecessarily

Adverb

• in an unnecessary manner
  • "they were unnecessarily rude"
• without any necessity
  • "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"

Adv

• In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.
• To an extent beyond what is needed.

Examples

• He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.
• The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry.

Synonyms

for no reason, needlessly, pointlessly, unduly, uselessly

Antonyms

necessarily

Related Words

necessarily, unnecessary