unnecessarily
adverb
un·nec·es·sar·i·ly
ˌən-ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē 
: not by necessity : to an unnecessary degree
unnecessarily harsh criticism
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This new plan is unnecessarily punitive and just plain cruel.
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Andrea Berggren, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
Few parallels elsewhere The use of titles that are both unnecessarily gendered and inaccurate is almost restricted to the United States Congress.
—Daniel Wirls, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
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Andrea Berggren, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
Few parallels elsewhere The use of titles that are both unnecessarily gendered and inaccurate is almost restricted to the United States Congress.
—Daniel Wirls, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
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unnecessarily
adverb
un·nec·es·sar·i·ly
ˌən-ˌnes-ə-ˈser-ə-lē
1
: not by necessity
spent money unnecessarily
2
: to an unnecessary degree
an unnecessarily harsh punishment
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