No. 11,598 in Swedish

onödan

"Onödan" means "the unnecessary" or "in vain" in English.

In a sentence

Du borde inte göra det där av ren onödan.
You shouldn't do that unnecessarily.
In this sentence, 'onödan' refers to doing something unnecessary or without need.
Det blev mycket arbete helt i onödan.
It turned out to be a lot of work completely unnecessarily.
Here, 'in onödan' indicates that the effort expended was needless since the outcome didn't require it.
Varför spenderade du pengar på något helt onödigt?
Why did you spend money on something totally unnecessary?
In this context, 'onödigt' relates to spending resources in a manner considered wasteful or not required.

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