Meaning of INESSENTIAL
| Pronunciation: | | `ini'senshul
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- [n] anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
- [adj] not basic or fundamental
- [adj] not absolutely necessary
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| | Synonyms: | | complemental, complementary, completing, incidental, nonessential, nonessential, unessential |
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| | Antonyms: | | essential, essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite | | |
| | See Also: | | adjunct, dispensable, entity, expendable, extrinsic, physical thing, secondary, unimportant, unnecessary, unneeded | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`es*sen"tial\, a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf.
F. inessentiel.]
1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke.
The womb of inessential Naught. --Shelley.
2. Not essential; unessential.
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