inessential
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- anything that is not essential“they discarded all their inessentials”Synonyms: nonessentialOpposite necessityType of thingKinds adjunct
Adjective (2)
- not basic or fundamentalSynonyms: unessentialOpposite essentialSimilar accessorial, adscititious, incidentalRelates to essentiality, essentialnessSee also dispensable, expendable, unimportant, extrinsic, unnecessary, secondary
- not absolutely necessaryOpposite necessarySimilar unnecessary, unneeded
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In′es·sen′tial adjective
Origin: Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.
1. Having no essence or being. Henry Brooke
The womb of inessential Naught.— Shelley.
2. Not essential; not required to achieve a given purpose; unessential; unnecessary.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC