unnecessary travel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryandtravel
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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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travel
noun
uk/ˈtræv.əl/us/ˈtræv.əl/
the activity ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandtravelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunnecessary travel
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The shilling all-day tickets on trams and trolley-buses and the cheap day return tickets on railways have been withdrawn in order to reduceunnecessarytravel.
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Unnecessarytravelto affected areas should be discouraged or postponed.
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Such duplication of buildings,unnecessarytraveland transport is an unacceptable waste of resources.
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Every effort is made to avoidunnecessarytravelexpenditure.
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Indeed, the reasoning was to preventunnecessarytravel, stress or distress to someone who may be ill.
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Through mail order, muchunnecessarytravelis saved.
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In every case where cheap return tickets on omnibuses have been withdrawn, the purpose has been to reduceunnecessarytravel.
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Would it really be so difficult to devise a system which would end all thisunnecessarytravel, fares, expense, worry and embarrassment?
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Finally, plans to reduceunnecessarytravelshould be welcomed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The problem is how you are going to use your planning powers to see that you do not causeunnecessarytravelthrough commuting.
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Can we cut back onunnecessarytravel?
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I hope that, with these changes, the new system will help to discourageunnecessarytravel, without imposing any hardship on regular travellers making essential journeys in connection with their work.
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A modern elevator processes the requests to stop at floors in the logical order 2, 4, and 5, withoutunnecessarytravel.
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The result is chaos, fragmentation and a massive amount of unnecessary travelling by young people.
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A great deal of unnecessary travelling and telephoning could be averted.
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If only we could get greater flexibility we could avoid a lot of unnecessary travelling and unnecessary tiredness at the end of a long day's work.
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