They plan to evacuate all nonessential personnel from the embassy.
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Nonessential
Synonyms for "nonessential" (106 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- несъществен adj (not essential)
Finnish
1 entries- ei-välttämätön adj (not essential)
German
1 entries- nichtessentiell adj (not essential)
Slovak
3 entries- neesenciálny adj (not essential)
- nepodstatný adj (not essential)
- postrádateľný adj (not essential)
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Officials had already closed major tourist attractions — the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre — but starting Sunday, most other places where people would gather — restaurants, cinemas, nonessential retail — will be closed as well.
Source: tatoeba (8613579)
The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will close to nonessential travelers from midnight on Saturday.
Source: tatoeba (8623701)
Italy has closed all nonessential businesses.
Source: tatoeba (8626090)
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