Inessential

Synonyms for "inessential" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

nonessential unnecessary accessorial accessory accident accidental addendum addition additional adjunct adscititious adventitious aleatory appendage appurtenance auxiliary back burner

Strong matches (25)

Related words (42)

inferior insignificancy insignificant irrelevant little mere nothing minor minor matter minute naught needless negligible nothing nought nullity occasional other peripheral petty provisional

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redundant secondary small subsidiary superfluous supervenient supplement supplementary technical technicality uncalled for unimpressive unnoteworthy unrequired

Adjective(6 words)

nonessential nonexistent redundant unessential unnecessary unneeded

Noun(1 words)

nonessential

Adjective(1 words)

unessential

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

1 entries

thing

Antonyms

4 entries

essential extant

Synonyms

2 entries

nonessential unnecessary

derived

1 entries

inessentially

derived from

1 entries

essential

is a

1 entries

thing

related to

8 entries

dispensable essence essential expendable extrinsic secondary unimportant unnecessary

similar

16 entries

accessorial accidental adscititious dispensable expendable extrinsic incidental nonessential secondary unimportant unnecessary unneeded

Translations

7 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

несъществен adj (not essential)

Catalan

3 entries

extern adj (not essential)
externa adj (not essential)
inessencial adj (not essential)

Danish

1 entries

uvæsentlig adj (not essential)

Romanian

2 entries

neesențial adj (not essential)
neimportant adj (not essential)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Leave inessential items behind when there is a fire alarm.

Source: wiktionary

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