‘Have compassion for all beings, causing them no unnecessary hurt, nor needless harm.’
‘Frankly I can't afford to go wasting fifteen quid on something as needless as this.’
‘Please improve the quality of your paper by removing this needless source of controversy from its pages.’
‘Anything that seeks to undermine rights is a needless compromise and a huge and terminal step backwards.’
‘The Harps looked to have this game in the bag only to nearly throw it away, conceding numerous needless frees.’
‘In time people realized that such actions could trigger needless conflicts among themselves.’
‘A feeling of anger followed by concern wells up when we see this or when we read of so many needless deaths of young people.’
‘Until there is a dramatic improvement in the behaviour of all road users, this tragic and needless loss of life will continue.’
‘No week seems complete without some report of the actions of mindless people engaged in needless acts.’
‘It cannot be right that we should force people to suffer endless, needless agonies, knowing they will not get better.’
‘This is our first duty to them and is why we should continue to oppose a Government which is exposing them to such great and needless danger.’
‘The second thing that happens with everyone having a point of view is a lot of needless length.’
‘He said disputes and votes being called on the order of business were causing needless disruption.’
‘If the installation of safety cameras can cut down on the needless injury and loss of life on our roads then this should be encouraged.’
‘There are far too many people using their cars for needless short journeys such as taking their children to school, he says.’
‘Glasgow compounded their numerous defensive lapses with a host of handling errors and needless turnovers.’
‘Such neatness, such needless destruction of good healthy vegetation, does not fall naturally with me.’
‘That's what people complain about most in modern theatre, needless violence, nudity, all that.’
‘The other was an annoyance at how much needless work he'd put into most of those stories.’
‘Of course such grief is perfectly understandable, following the loss of loved ones in a needless war far, far away.’
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