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English
Etymology
From Middle English unnedeful; equivalent to un- + needful.
Adjective
unneedful (comparative more unneedful, superlative most unneedful)
- Not needful.
1907, William Hope Hodgson, The Boats of the "Glen Carrig":At this, the men nearest unto the door came backwards in a surge, being put in sudden fear by reason of the Thing being so near; but the bo'sun held up a hand, bidding them, in a low voice, to make no unneedful noise.
1916, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Big Timber:Again the donkey began to puff and quiver, the line began to roll up on the drum, and the big yarder walked up the slope under its own power, a locomotive unneedful of rails, making its own right of way.