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PRONUNCIATION OF NEEDLESSNESS

needlessness  [ˈniːdlɪsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEEDLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Needlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEEDLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of needlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of needlessness in the dictionary is the quality of being unnecessary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEEDLESSNESS


aimlessness
ˈeɪmlɪsnɪs
artlessness
ˈɑːtlɪsnɪs
childlessness
ˈtʃaɪldlɪsnɪs
faithlessness
ˈfeɪθlɪsnɪs
fearlessness
ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs
fecklessness
ˈfɛklɪsnɪs
groundlessness
ˈɡraʊndlɪsnɪs
guilelessness
ˈɡaɪllɪsnɪs
heartlessness
ˈhɑːtlɪsnɪs
homelessness
ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs
lifelessness
ˈlaɪflɪsnɪs
nervelessness
ˈnɜːvlɪsnɪs
noiselessness
ˈnɔɪzlɪsnɪs
relentlessness
rɪˈlɛntlɪsnɪs
senselessness
ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs
shamelessness
ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs
tactlessness
ˈtæktlɪsnɪs
tastelessness
ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs
tunelessness
ˈtjuːnlɪsnɪs
worthlessness
ˈwɜːθlɪsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEEDLESSNESS

needle fly
needle match
needle time
needle valve
needle-sharp
needlecord
needlecraft
needlefish
needleful
needlelike
needlepoint
needler
needless
needlessly
needlestick
needlestick injury
needlewoman
needlewomen
needlework
needleworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEEDLESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of needlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «needlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEEDLESSNESS

Find out the translation of needlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of needlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «needlessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

needlessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inutilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

needlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

needlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإكتفاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ненужные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desnecessidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রয়োজন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inutilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak perlu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unnötigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無駄
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

needlessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora perlu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

needlessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

needlessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनावश्यकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gereksizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

needlessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

needlessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непотрібні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inutilitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

needlessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nodeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

needlessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

needlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of needlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEEDLESSNESS»

The term «needlessness» is used very little and occupies the 171.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEEDLESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «needlessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «needlessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about needlessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEEDLESSNESS»

Discover the use of needlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to needlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Swear Not At All: Containing An Exposure Of The Needlessness ...
1817. A View of the Parliamentary Recognition of its Needlessness, implied in the practice of both houses: and an indication of the unexceptionable securities, by which whatsoever practical good purposes the ceremony has been employed to ...
Jeremy Bentham, 2004
2
Swear Not at All : Containing an Exposure of the ...
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law.
Jeremy Bentham, 2010
3
The Finitude of Being
Only when the need of needlessness is experienced and the abandonment of being is acknowledged and recognized is there any hope of a transition to the other beginning. This transition is not a continuous one but requires a leap. Wherein ...
Joan Stambaugh, 1992
4
"Swear Not at All"; Containing an Exposure of the ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 edition.
Jeremy Bentham, 2012
5
Quit Your Worrying
CHAPTER V THE NEEDLESSNESS AND USELESSNESS OF WORRY Of all the mental occupations fallen into, invented, or discovered by man, the most needless, futile, and useless of all is the occupation of worry. We have heard it said ...
George Wharton James, 2004
6
A New History of French Literature
As a reaction against the excesses of Romantic vulnerability, the Parnassian celebration of impassivity is in part a desire to attain a state of needlessness. The fantasy of needlessness can on the one hand be understood as a reaction to the  ...
Denis Hollier, R. Howard Bloch, 1994
7
World of the Narcissist
Instead I acquired something else: a sense of needlessness. That's right, needlessness. Since Mother wouldn't help me where I needed it most, I learned to pretend that I did not need her. I became tough, self-assured, a know-it-all, a do-it-all, ...
Sam Vaknin, 2003
8
Heidegger's Philosophic Pedagogy
The Needlessness [Notlosigkeit] that establishes itself as the dominion of metaphysics brings Being itself to the utmost extremity of its Need. This Need remains not only that which compels [das Notigende] in the sense of the unrelenting claim ...
Michael Ehrmantraut, 2011
9
Reading Putnam
Winning through to natural realism is seeing the needlessness and unintellig- ibility of a picture that imposes an interface between ourselves and the world and this is certainly “Wittgensteinian”! (Putnam 1999: 41) I did not, however, refer to ...
Maria Baghramian, 2012
10
Justice and Codification Petitions: Being Forms Proposed for ...
Useful to Judge and Co., eminently subservient to their particular and sinister interest; and as such cherished by them. First as to needlessness. For the needlessness of this ceremony, on the sort of occasion or for 36 PETITION FOR JUSTICE.
Jeremy Bentham, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEEDLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term needlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Guest Column: How to manage a brand crisis? Don't: Adve …
Instead of fighting the ban at the court the company should have reasoned hard with the govts on the needlessness of the ban on the ... «Exchange4Media, Jul 15»
2
A meatless argument
... about the needlessness of the mass industrial slaughter of animals, birds, and sea-life that we routinely accept as a global way of life today. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
What in the World's up with Texas?
... consoled by sentimental theories about the needlessness of the Civil War into regarding our own struggles against evil as equally needless.”. «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
4
Lawmakers challenge EPA's new Clay Ceramics Manufacturing rule
... will regulate no one, they have no environmental benefits – an admission that acknowledges the needlessness of this proposed regulation.” «EP News Wire, Jul 15»
5
A textbook Texas showdown
... consoled by sentimental theories about the needlessness of the Civil War into regarding our own struggles against evil as equally needless.". «Nashua Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
SC: Unwed Mothers Don't Need Dad's Approval for Guardianship of …
Pointing out the needlessness of championing the right of the father to guardianship, who's not come forward yet and hasn't shown any concern ... «Google, Jul 15»
7
The Cost of New Jersey Gun Control
Carol Bowne's friends and family are not motivated by a political agenda when they point out the needlessness of her death. They see that she ... «America's 1st Freedom, Jun 15»
8
What We're Watching: Overburden
I had just learned about mountaintop-removal coal mining, and was utterly shocked at the process and the very needlessness of it. So I began ... «San Francisco Chronicle, May 15»
9
No to Vaccination: A Cultural Explanation
"Such sources—which supported talk of vaccine toxicity, ineffectiveness, needlessness, and developmental inappropriateness for small ... «Pacific Standard, May 15»
10
Review: 'Gardeners of Eden' Tracks the Killing of Elephants for Ivory
The sheer needlessness is appalling. We probably don't need to see the actress Kristin Davis (“Sex and the City”), a patron of the Sheldrick ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

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