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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 effortplay

  Familiarity information: MAKE UNNECESSARY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAKE UNNECESSARY (verb)


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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