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Meaning of UNESSENTIAL

Pronunciation:  `unu'senshul

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 Definition: [adj]  not basic or fundamental
 
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 Synonyms: complemental, complementary, completing, incidental, inessential, nonessential
 
 Antonyms: essential
 
 See Also: dispensable, expendable, extrinsic, secondary, unimportant, unnecessary, unneeded

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Un`es*sen"tial\, a.
    1. Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable;
       unimportant. --Addison.
    2. Void of essence, or real being. [R.] --Milton.
    
  2. \Un`es*sen"tial\, n.
    Something not constituting essence, or something which is not
    of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials
    of religion.
    
 
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