The sentence is "ムダっていわなくても " I know the total meaning is"I wouldn’t say that is useless" but I want to know the exact meaning and function of "も" in the sentence.
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It's a part of ても/でも meaning "even if". So the literal translation of ムダっていわなくても is "even if you don't say (it's a) waste...". As usual, the final part of the sentence has been omitted, but it's usually (ムダって言わなくても)いい. Thus the sentence roughly means "You don't have to say (it's a) waste".
Depending on the context, this sentence implies something like this:
- I know it's a waste, so you don't have to say that to me! I'm doing this on purpose!
- It may be a waste, but saying that without reservation is too harsh!
