English → Latin
“needless” in Latin
supervacāneusabove what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundantsumto be, exist; there be; to go
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
needless
quod non opus est; supervacaneus (superfluous). It is needless, non opus est; nihil necesse est nihil attinet: to take needless trouble, acta agere: it will not be needless, non alienum, or abs re, fuerit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for needless?
- The usual Latin words for “needless” are supervacāneus, sum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.