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MAKE UNNECESSARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does make unnecessary mean?
• MAKE UNNECESSARY (verb)
The verb MAKE UNNECESSARY has 1 sense:
1. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
Familiarity information: MAKE UNNECESSARY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make unnecessary; save
Context example:
This will save you a lot of time
Hypernyms (to "make unnecessary" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
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