unnecessary expense

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandexpense

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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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expense
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspens/us
/ɪkˈspens/
the use of money, time, ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandexpensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will save dairymen and distributorsunnecessaryexpense, and it will achieve the purpose intended.
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That was done to avoidunnecessaryexpensein applying for alimony pending a divorce suit.
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It caused the person a large amount of additional andunnecessaryexpensein order that this procedure should be gone through.
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That would be a quiteunnecessaryexpenseand a waste of time.
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The purpose of this clause is to simplify matters, to avoid additional andunnecessaryexpenseand to reduce the work-load on the insolvency services.
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Our view is that this proposal would involveunnecessaryexpenseand cause unnecessary pain and suffering for those who have to attend the inquiries.
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The present situation has led to a good deal of inconvenience, waste of effort and, indeed,unnecessaryexpense.
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All this leads not only to confusion but also to quiteunnecessaryexpense.
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It is to give an alternative and also to saveunnecessaryexpense.
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The whole thing is in a continual state of confusion, and will entailunnecessaryexpense.
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The first was escalation ofunnecessaryexpenseand the other was cheating and bribery under cover of legitimate election expense.
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But why involve ourselves without reason in completelyunnecessaryexpenseand inconvenience?
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Is not two or three inspectors going round together anunnecessaryexpense?
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This leads to considerable congestion on the railways and tounnecessaryexpense.
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Such a course of action would also have involved all parties in theunnecessaryexpenseof a public inquiry.
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It should be done properly, it should be done with due liberality and with proper respect and also so that there is nounnecessaryexpense.
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The result is that a hideous temporary portable structure has been built on to the school and in future considerableunnecessaryexpensewill occur.
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They will have caused a vast amount ofunnecessaryexpense.
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It is going to be anunnecessaryexpense.
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Before we incur anyunnecessaryexpensein bringing the actual device here, we want to see that it is a thing that should be examined.
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