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Unnecessarily (Adverb)

In an unnecessary manner; "they were unnecessarily rude".

The politician made the situation worse by unnecessarily criticizing his opponent's family.
She was unnecessarily harsh on her child, leaving them in tears.
The company unnecessarily laid off several employees to make room for new management.
The teacher unnecessarily embarrassed the student in front of the class for a minor mistake.
The police officer unnecessarily used force, leading to a public outcry.

Without any necessity; "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily".

She avoided explaining the entire story and only told her brother the important parts to avoid worrying him unnecessarily.
This marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily if he hadn't trained adequately.
It's always better to follow the traffic rules rather than taking risks and putting yourself and others in danger unnecessarily.
I wish you wouldn't stress about your future unnecessarily, it's still years away, and things will fall into place.
Taking such drastic measures to fix the issue would complicate things unnecessarily and make matters worse.