Subessential
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Less than essential; unimportant. rare
"There were other things pressing, but look how subessential—continuing to read the pulp novel on the bed stand, droning through the video game on the computer, phoning the new restaurant to ask the time of the early-bird special, […]"
Example
More examples"There were other things pressing, but look how subessential—continuing to read the pulp novel on the bed stand, droning through the video game on the computer, phoning the new restaurant to ask the time of the early-bird special, […]"
Etymology
From sub- + essential.
More for "subessential"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.