Needless, 1) not requisite, unnecessary, superfluous: Meas. V, 92. LLL II, 117. John V, 5, 5. Troil. I, 3, 71. Cor. II, 3, 124. Tim. I, 2, 100.
2) without cogency, without sufficient cause, groundless: “sigh at each his n. heavings,” Wint. II, 3, 35. “pray God I prove a n. coward,” R3 III, 2, 90. “n. diffidences,” Lr. I, 2, 161. “n. jealousy,” Cymb. V, 4, 66.
3) not wanting, having enough: “weeping into the n. stream,” As II, 1, 46.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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