unnecessaries

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noun

unnecessary or inessential things

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Meanings

noununnecessaries pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyunnecessary or inessential things

    […] for they had a mayor there, among other unnecessaries […]

    1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 51

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unessentials

Origin

From unnecessary + -s.

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Cite this entry
APA

unnecessaries. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnecessaries

MLA

“unnecessaries.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnecessaries. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unnecessaries,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnecessaries.

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