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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. anything that is not essential;
- Example: "they discarded all their inessentials"
[syn: inessential, nonessential]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not of prime or central importance;
- Example: "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
[syn: incidental, nonessential]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, a.
   Not essential.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, n.
   A thing not essential.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nonessential
    adj 1: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
           integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn:
           incidental, nonessential]
    n 1: anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their
         inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant:
         essential, necessary, necessity, requirement,
         requisite]