불필요하다

to be unnecessary

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
불필요한
아/어Infinitive
불필요해
-으니Since
불필요하니
합니다Formal
불필요합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불필요해요불필요합니다불필요해불필요하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불필요했어요불필요했습니다불필요했어불필요했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불필요하겠어요불필요하겠습니다불필요하겠어불필요하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불필요할 거예요불필요할 것입니다불필요할 거야불필요할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불필요해요?불필요합니까?불필요해?불필요하니?
과거Past 불필요했어요?불필요했습니까?불필요했어?불필요했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 불필요해요안 불필요합니다안 불필요해안 불필요하다
-지 않다Not (long) 불필요하지 않아요불필요하지 않습니다불필요하지 않아불필요하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불필요하세요불필요하십니다불필요하셔불필요하시다
과거Past 불필요하셨어요불필요하셨습니다불필요하셨어불필요하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
불필요한
과거Past
불필요한
미래Future
불필요할
회상Used to
불필요하던

Joining clauses

-고and
불필요하고
-게-ly / so that
불필요하게
-어서so / and then
불필요해서
-으니까since
불필요하니까
-으면if / when
불필요하면
-지만but
불필요하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불필요한데
-어도even if
불필요해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

라든지 그런 것은 불필요한 것입니다.

Perhaps that's not necessary.

그리고 그들은, 불필요하게 많은 바니를 생산했죠.

And, you know, they had lots, just lots of stuff in there that you didn't need, I thought.

이 선을 넘어서는 것은 불필요하며 넘는다면 독재가 됩니다.

Everything beyond this is superfluous, and therefore tyrannical.

첫째, 불필요한 일을 하세요.

First: do the unnecessary.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 불필요하다 in Korean?

불필요하다 (to be unnecessary) is 불필요해요 in the polite 해요체, 불필요합니다 in formal 합니다체, 불필요해 in casual 반말 and 불필요하다 in the plain written style. The past is 불필요했어요.

What is the past tense of 불필요하다?

불필요했어요 in everyday polite speech, 불필요했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 불필요하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 불필요하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 불필요하여 and 불필요하니 but unchanged in 불필요합니다.

What TOPIK level is 불필요하다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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