obviate the necessity

Meaning

To eliminate a requirement or make an essential action redundant. It is very similar to 'obviate the need' but carries a slightly stronger tone of eliminating an absolute requirement or obligation.

Examples

• The integration of AI will obviate the necessity of routine audits.

  The integration of AI will obviate the necessity of routine audits.

• Securing this grant would obviate the necessity of seeking venture capital.

  Securing this grant would obviate the necessity of seeking venture capital.

• An early settlement will obviate the necessity of a lengthy trial.

  An early settlement will obviate the necessity of a lengthy trial.

• This upgrade will obviate the necessity of replacing the entire hardware system.

  This upgrade will obviate the necessity of replacing the entire hardware system.

• Better communication might have obviated the necessity for this emergency meeting.

  Better communication might have obviated the necessity for this emergency meeting.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ This solution will obviate the necessity to manual checks.

  ✓ This solution will obviate the necessity of manual checks.

  Use 'necessity of [noun]' or 'necessity to [verb]'. Do not mix the preposition 'to' with a noun direct object.

• ✗ We want to obviate the necessity of our competitors.

  ✓ We want to obviate the necessity of external consulting.

  Obviate applies to requirements, tasks, or obstacles, not to people or competitors.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Using automated reporting tools will ___ of manual data collection.

  💡 eliminate the strict requirement

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  obviate the necessity

• The newly approved budget will ___ of laying off staff.

  💡 make the unpleasant requirement unnecessary

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  obviate the necessity