unnecessary complication

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandcomplication

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unnecessary
adjective
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/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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complication
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
something that makes a situation more difficult, or the act of ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandcomplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, this is anunnecessarycomplicationand prevents the use of pattern matching and the concise syntax for lists.
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The account of the expedition is more or less chronological, but the writer introducesunnecessarycomplicationand confusion by the use of flashbacks in several places.
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That may be possible, but it adds anunnecessarycomplication, and is another moving of the goalposts, such as happens at every stage.
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I think that it would create anunnecessarycomplicationif one introduced this provision.
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My answer would be that it seems anunnecessarycomplicationto achieve the objective which the companies wish to achieve.
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That seems to me to be anunnecessarycomplication.
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Instead, if it ever became law, it would be anunnecessarycomplication.
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Does that not introduce a quiteunnecessarycomplicationfor the unfortunate consumer?
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This seems to me anunnecessarycomplicationwhich can only be expensive in maintenance and manufacture.
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We therefore consider that in many cases the condition will be anunnecessarycomplication.
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It will be a long period ofunnecessarycomplicationwhich can be of no value to efficiency or security.
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I suggest that in this instance contracting out is anunnecessarycomplication.
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What is the point of loading that kind ofunnecessarycomplicationupon the courts proceedings?
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It seems to me that the whole thing is anunnecessarycomplicationas to what should be the distance.
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I think that is a slightlyunnecessarycomplication.
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Great efforts will, as he says, no doubt be made to turn simplicity intounnecessarycomplication.
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It would save a lot ofunnecessarycomplicationand work.
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That would introduce a serious andunnecessarycomplicationinto the benefit scheme.
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The alternative would be that they should register and de-register several times a year, which would be anunnecessarycomplication.
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