| unnecessary risk | 3.09 | We can avoid any unnecessary risks. | ||
| unnecessary suffering | 1.65 | She admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering. | ||
| unnecessary force | 1.51 | The issue is ... did they use unnecessary force, did they cross the line? | ||
| unnecessary expense | 1.38 | But objectors say the loo is an unnecessary expense. | ||
| unnecessary cost | 1.32 | The unnecessary cost to the taxpayer? | ||
| unnecessary delay | 1.25 | Germany has accused Vietnam of unnecessary bureaucratic delays. | ||
| unnecessary roughness | 1.18 | Unnecessary roughness. | ||
| unnecessary surgery | 1.18 | He is suing the doctor who performed the unnecessary surgery. | ||
| unnecessary treatment | 1.12 | False positives, meanwhile, can lead to unnecessary treatment. | ||
| unnecessary burden | 1.05 | Now you see what an unnecessary burden this puts on everyone?... | ||
| unnecessary use | 1.05 | Similarly, the drafter should avoid unnecessary use of legalese. | ||
| unnecessary expenditure | 0.99 | CORPORATE SECTOR A halt to unnecessary expenditure. | ||
| unnecessary penalty | 0.99 | Basically, every one was an unnecessary penalty. | ||
| unnecessary operation | 0.92 | An unnecessary operation left him severely disabled. | ||
| unnecessary regulation | 0.86 | He talks a lot about incentives and reducing unnecessary regulation. | ||
| unnecessary test | 0.86 | Insurance companies bemoan unnecessary tests. | ||
| unnecessary care | 0.72 | The avoidance of unnecessary institutional care by assessment of need for care. | ||
| unnecessary death | 0.72 | According to some critics, the slow official response to the disaster resulted in unnecessary deaths. | ||
| unnecessary duplication | 0.66 | ...unnecessary duplication of resources. | ||
| unnecessary service | 0.66 | Not only was I overcharged for unnecessary services, my treatment was unacceptable. |