needless

/ˈniːdləs/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈniːdləs/

needless

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

need - less -> needless

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မလိုအပ်သော။

Full entry

need /ni:d/ modal v

(neg need not; short form needn't /'ni:dnt/) (if, whether, hardly, scarcely, no one စသည် နောက်မှ မရှိ၊ မဟုတ် အဓိပ္ပာယ်ဆောင်သည့် ဝါကျများ၊ မေးခွန်းများ၌ သုံးသည်။ ) လိုသည်။ You needn't finish that work today. ❍ He asked whether he need send a deposit. ❍ If she wants anything, she need only ask. ❍ I need hardly tell you (ie You must already know) that the work is dangerous. ❍ Nobody need be afraid of catching the disease. ❍ You needn't have hurried. ❍ She needn't have come in person—a letter would have been enough. ❍ Need you have paid so much?  MUST
v
၁။ လိုအပ်သည်။ That dog needs a bath. ❍ Do you need any help? ❍ He needed six points for a win. ❍ What we need is some proof. ❍ Don't go—I may need you. ❍ Food aid is badly/ urgently needed. ❍ I need to get some sleep. ❍ The garden doesn't need watering—it rained last night.
၂။ (ဝတ္တရားအရ) လိုအပ်သည်။ I didn't need to go to the bank—I borrowed some money from Mary. ❍ All you need to do is (to) fill in this form. ❍ A dog needs to be taken out for a walk every day. ❍ Will we need to show our passports?  MUST
n
၁။ [sing, U] ~ (for sth); ~ (for sb) to do sth လိုအပ်မှု။ create/ identify a need for sth ❍ He stressed the need for a cautious approach. ❍ The house is in need of a thorough clean. ❍ She felt a need to talk to someone about it. ❍ There's no need for you to go yet.
၂။ needs [pl] မရှိမဖြစ်သော အရာများ။ လိုအပ်ချက်များ။ supply a baby's needs ❍ satisfy/ meet sb's needs ❍ pupils with special educational needs ❍ Will £20 be enough for your immediate needs?
၃။ [U] ဆင်းရဲနွမ်းပါးမှု။ charities feeding people in need ❍ He helped me in my hour of need. See also NEEDY
❏ if need be [IDM ] လိုအပ်ပါက။ There's always food in the freezer if need be. ❍ If need be, I can do extra work at the weekend.
❏ needful /-fl/ adj (dated ) လိုအပ်သော။ (rhet or joc ) Will you do the needful (ie do what is required)?
❏ needless adj မလိုအပ်သော။ needless work/ trouble/ worry. needlessly adv : Patients are dying needlessly.
❏ needless to say [IDM ] ပြောစရာမလို၊ သိပြီးသားပဲ။ Needless to say, he kept his promise.

More examples

You’ll need some warm clothes for the winter.
Jack needs a ride home from football practice.
I don’t need any advice from you.
Will you be needing any help?
[need something for something] : I need £1.50 for the bus.
[need someone to do something] : I need someone to help me carry these books downstairs.
[need to do something] : She’ll need to take the test again.
I’ll need to know your decision by next week.
Do I need to buy tickets for the children?
We don’t need to get into an argument over this.
[need do something] : Need I go into details?
You needn’t apologize, it wasn’t your fault.
[need not have done something] : We needn’t have worried – everyone got home safely.
You need to be over 18 to be able to vote.
You don’t actually need to be a member to attend the event.
[something needs painting/cleaning etc] : The bathroom needs cleaning.
[badly needs] : Their house badly needs a coat of paint.
[need to do something] : I need to spend more time studying.
The issue of pay needs to be discussed at our next meeting.

Synonyms

require, call for, want, necessitate, could do with, basic, be deficient, be deprived, be deprived of, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, charge, claim, commitment, committal, compulsion, covet, crave, deficiency, demand, deprivation, desideratum, desire, destitution, devoir, die for, distress, do without, drive for, duty, essential, exact, exigency, extremity, fall short, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, go short, go without, hanker, hardship, have occasion for, have occasion to, have to, have use for, hunger, hurt for, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insufficiency, lack, long, longing, lust, miss, must, necessary, necessity, neediness, obligation, occasion, ought, paucity, pennilessness, penury, pine, poorness, poverty, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, right, shortage, should, suffer privation, take, the urge, thirst, urgency, use, want something, weakness, wish, yearn, yen for

Antonyms

abjure, abundance, adequacy, affluence, comfort, despise, dislike, do not want, enough, fortune, give, hate, have, luxury, nonessential, not want, option, plenty, riches, sufficiency, wealth