not necessary or essential
something which is not necessary
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Nonessential Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A thing not essential.
A thing not essential.
(a.)
Not essential.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot essential.
nonessential
\non`es*sen"tial\, n. a thing not essential.
nonessential
\non`es*sen"tial\ (?), a. not essential.
nonessential
adj : not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- pubs.mla [syn: incidental]
n : anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: inessential]
[ant: necessity]
Noun
1. anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
(synonym) inessential
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) adjunct
Adjective
1. not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
(synonym) incidental
(similar) inessential, unessential
