1. Unnecessary and unwarranted
   "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
   - gratuitous, uncalled-for

See also: needlessly, unnecessary, unneeded

• misplaced
• misplaced modifier
• misplacement
• misplay
• misprint
• misprision
• misprize
• mispronounce
• mispronunciation
• misquotation
• misquote
• misread
• misreading
• misreckoning
• misrelated
• misremember
• misreport
• misrepresent
• misrepresentation
• misrepresentative
• misrepresented
• misrule
• miss
• missable
• missal