Unessential

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not essential.

    "1676, Joseph Glanvill, Seasonable Reflections and Discourses, London: R.W. [and] H. Mortlock, p. 92, [I] have a question more to ask you on occasion of what you have told me; and that is, Whether you are to leave every Minister and Church, as soon as any thing is said that is really erroneous, in the lesser and unessential matters?"

  2. 2
    Void of essence, or real being.

    "These [gates] past, if any pass, the void profound Of unessential Night receives him next Wide gaping, and with utter loss of being Threatens him,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not basic or fundamental wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
inessentialaccessoryaccidentaccidentaladdendumaddition

Example

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"Jewelry and perfume are unessential. Normal humans don't need them."

Etymology

From un- + essential.

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