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单词 unrequired
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Definition of unrequired in English:

unrequired

adjective (ˌ)ʌnrɪˈkwʌɪəd
  • 1Of a person: that has not been asked or called upon (to do something); unbidden. Now rare.

  • 2Originally: (of a thing, especially an action) unasked for, unsought; not demanded or called for. Later also: not obligatory or compulsory.

  • 3Not needed, not requisite; unnecessary; superfluous.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From un- + require + -ed.

Definition of unrequired in US English:

unrequired

adjective(ˌ)ʌnrɪˈkwʌɪəd
  • 1Of a person: that has not been asked or called upon (to do something); unbidden. Now rare.

  • 2Originally: (of a thing, especially an action) unasked for, unsought; not demanded or called for. Later also: not obligatory or compulsory.

  • 3Not needed, not requisite; unnecessary; superfluous.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From un- + require + -ed.

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