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dbnary-eng:__ws_1_unnecessariness__Noun__1
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The state or characteristic of being unnecessary.
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The unavoidableness of which effects hath carried some of their Casuists into an opinion, of the unnecessariness of devotion in these holy businesses: so as one says . . . "Though it be convenient, that the Communicant should have actual devotion; yet, it is not necessary."
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1808, Josiah Pratt, editor, Works of Joseph Hall, D.D, volume 9, London, page 9:
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A disciplined brain will at once show the unnecessariness of most ambitions, and will ensure that the remainder shall be conducted with reason.
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1913, Arnold Bennett, The Human Machine, page 73:
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In the sad case of Paris Hilton, whose sheer unnecessariness epitomizes her career, her unnecessary accessory of choice is an SUV.
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2007 June 15, Karen von Hahn, “Unnecessary Accessories of the Rich and Famous”, in Globe and Mail, retrieved 30 Aug. 2009: