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Nonessential

Nonessential Meaning & Definition
Nonessential Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nonessential?

[n] anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
[adj] not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nonessential: incidental | inessential | inessential | unessential

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nonessential: accessory | accident | accidental | addendum | addition | additional | adjunct | adrift | adscititious | adventitious | aleatory | appendage | appurtenance | appurtenant | ascititious | auxiliary | back-burner | beside the mark | beside the point | beside the question | casual | circumstantial | collateral | conditional | contingency | contingent | de trop | dinky | dispensable | excess | expendable | expletive | extra | extraneous | extrinsic | fortuitous | gratuitous | happenstance | immaterial | impertinent | in excess | inadmissible | inapplicable | inapposite | inappreciable | inappropriate | incidental | inconsequent | inconsequential | inconsiderable | inessential | inferior | insignificant | irrelative | irrelevant | little | mere chance | minor | minute | needless | negligible | nihil ad rem | not at issue | not vital | not-self | occasional | off the subject | other | out-of-the-way | parenthetical | petit | pleonastic | prolix | provisional | redundant | secondary | small | spare | subsidiary | superadded | superaddition | supererogatory | superfluous | supervenient | supplement | supplemental | supplementary | tautologic | tautologous | technical | to spare | uncalled-for | unessential | unimpressive | unnecessary | unneeded | unnoteworthy | unrequired | verbose

See Also | adjunct | entity | physical thing

Nonessential In Webster's Dictionary

\Non`es*sen"tial\, a. Not essential.
\Non`es*sen"tial\, n. A thing not essential.

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