ненужные

This is the 13674th most frequent Russian word.

ненужные

Unnecessary.

Here, 'ненужные' describes 'бумаги' (papers) as being not required or unnecessary.

На столе лежали ненужные бумаги.

There were unnecessary papers lying on the table.

Here, 'ненужные' lists 'вещи' (items) that are no longer needed, indicating lack of usefulness.

Он выбросил ненужные вещи из кладовки.

He threw out unnecessary items from the storage room.

In this sentence, 'ненужные' qualifies 'траты' (expenses), meaning expenditures deemed unnecessary or avoidable.

Я стараюсь избегать ненужные траты.

I try to avoid unnecessary expenses.