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What is a necessary evil?

What is a necessary evil? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.
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So capitalism is indeed a necessary evil, and has been around ever since the beginning of human nature?
If this was making inroads into the problem then many Americans would reluctantly accept this as a necessary evil.
We see some of these salaries as a necessary evil in order to attract good people to run our establishments!
I tried hating school, but I decided long ago that education was a necessary evil.
For Joe, the enigmatic bargeman played by Ewan McGregor in Young Adam, employment is a necessary evil, a burden on the back of his freedom.
Most wine growers panic at the thought of mildew or molds, and chemical fungicides are considered a necessary evil.

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