Needlessness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
     1. Having no need. [Obs.]
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              Weeping into the needless stream.     --Shak.
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     2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless
        labor; needless expenses.
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     3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless. "Needless
        jealousy." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Need"less*ness}, n.
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