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Meanings of needlessly cruel in English

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Usage of needlessly cruel in English
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The needlessly cruel conditions on Manus Island violate numerous international legal standards.
The Guardian
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Critics have said his plan is needlessly cruel and impossible to implement.
Reuters
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You should never be needlessly cruel if you can help it.
The Coral Island
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He did not tell them that; it would be needlessly cruel.
The darkest road
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Come back and tell you that I had been needlessly cruel?
Other Things Being Equal
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For a nearly twenty-five-year-old woman, she sounded incredibly childish to Faith, and needlessly cruel.
Answered prayers
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The Australian welfare system has always been needlessly cruel.
The Guardian
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It would be needlessly cruel to underscore it.
Tough customer: a novel
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He made her feel as if she had insulted him, as if she had been needlessly cruel.
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
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It would be needlessly cruel to Mr. Atwood to trace with minuteness the further details of this affair.
Sketches and Studies
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No use in being needlessly cruel.
Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship
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Aunt Hedwig, unquestionably, was needlessly cruel in her treatment of Herr Sohnstein, and he frequently told her so.
A Romance of Tompkins Square / 1891
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But Koku was not needlessly cruel.
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Se...
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We found three of these needlessly cruel weapons in a dugout which bore the following inscription over the door:-
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
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You were needlessly cruel, monsieur.
Montlivet
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It was foolish not to consider what would come about, needlessly cruel not to have explained myself to Edward first.
The day the falls stood still
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