unnecessary worry

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandworry

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unnecessary
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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worry
noun
uk
/ˈwʌr.i/us
/ˈwɝː.i/
a problem that makes you feel unhappy ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandworryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This can lead tounnecessaryworryor misunderstandings.
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It causesunnecessaryworryto the litigant and, instead of cheapening legislation, only increases its cost a great deal.
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Had we told those people that their houses would suffer subsidence, they may have had many years ofunnecessaryworry.
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It would only hamper the administration of the law, and cause a great deal of unnecessary work andunnecessaryworry.
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If decisions are justified publicly, there can be no ill-informed speculation and people are savedunnecessaryworry.
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Making them pay one fifth of their poll tax is simply adding a substantial extra burden and muchunnecessaryworry.
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It has caused muchunnecessaryworryand suffering to elderly people.
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That has done nothing other than generate panic, concern andunnecessaryworry.
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Theunnecessaryworrywas caused by the leak—that is why the worry occurred.
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They also causedunnecessaryworryfor the teachers.
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Many people, particularly elderly people living alone, in my constituency have been completely confused and in many cases were caused a lot ofunnecessaryworry.
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I feel that over this question there will be a certain amount ofunnecessaryworrygenerated in the debate today.
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That woman is obviously subject tounnecessaryworryand anxiety.
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It is causingunnecessaryworryto council tenants.
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If accepted, they would introduceunnecessaryworryand concern and would result in the waste of a great deal of time and money already invested by savings firms.
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That is anunnecessaryworry.
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In other words, they are to relieve the general practitioner of all the overhead andunnecessaryworry and expenses which each individual doctor now has to bear.
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I am very glad to have had the opportunity to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions which, if not checked, can causeunnecessaryworryto our constituents.
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This led tounnecessaryworryand uncertainty and it was a haphazard and unsatisfactory way of providing benefit increases for the 20 million or so beneficiaries concerned.
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Not only that, butunnecessaryworrymay be caused to some parents and there is little, if any, evidence that the programme would have any benefit.
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