不ふ必ひつ要よう

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

unnecessary; needless

Describes something that is not required or can be done without. Used both as a noun and as a na-adjective.

不ふ必ひつ要ような出しゅっ費ぴは避さけましょう。
Let's avoid unnecessary expenses.
その説せつ明めいは不ふ必ひつ要ようだと思おもいます。
I think that explanation is unnecessary.

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Usage patterns

不ふ必ひつ要ような〈物もの〉an unnecessary thing/item
不ふ必ひつ要ような物ものはすべて処しょ分ぶんしました。
I got rid of everything that was unnecessary.
〈事こと〉が不ふ必ひつ要ようになるfor something to become unnecessary
新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつのおかげで、この作さ業ぎょうは不ふ必ひつ要ようになった。
Thanks to the new technology, this task has become unnecessary.
不ふ必ひつ要ように〈動どう詞し〉to do something needlessly/without cause
不ふ必ひつ要ように心しん配ぱいしないでください。
Please don't worry unnecessarily.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
必invariably, certain, inevitable
要need, main point, essence

Related words

不ふ要ようN1
不要 is the more common, everyday word for 'not needed', while 不必要 is slightly more formal and stresses the lack of necessity.
無む用ようN1
無用 is a more literary word meaning 'useless/serving no purpose', whereas 不必要 simply means 'not necessary' without implying uselessness.
余よ計けいN2
余計 describes something excessive or extra beyond what's needed, while 不必要 focuses purely on the absence of necessity.

Opposites

必ひつ要ようN4
必要 means 'necessary', the direct opposite of 不必要 'unnecessary'.

Built from

不ふ+必ひつ要よう

Etymology

Formed from 不 (negative prefix) + 必要 (necessary). The combination straightforwardly yields 'unnecessary'.