needless

Meanings

• the leaf of a conifer
• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
• goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
• prick with a needle
• unnecessary and unwarranted
  • "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

Synonyms

acerate leaf, goad, gratuitous, needle, phonograph needle, uncalled-for