Talk:unnecessaries

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Deletion debate[edit]

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Defined as "unneccesary things". This looks like a plural fused-head construction in the sole citation. There are a number of these with various degrees of claim to being plural nouns. DCDuring TALK 21:34, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For me the immediate question is whether the singular noun exists (cf. unlikely, unlikelies). Unfortunately, searching for "an unnecessary" finds any number of adjective instances preceding some other noun, so it is hard to know. But I don't see the rationale for deletion as long as it's an attestable word. Equinox 21:42, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:19, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept. Ultimately, this seems to present an RfV question rather than an RfD question. bd2412 T 23:27, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]