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View synonyms for unessential

unessential

[ uhn-uh-sen-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. not of prime importance; not indispensable.

    Synonyms: unimportant, dispensable, unnecessary



noun

  1. an unessential thing; nonessential.

unessential

/ ˌʌnɪˈsɛnʃəl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for inessential


noun

  1. something that is not essential

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Derived Forms

  • ˌunesˈsentially, adverb

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Other Words From

  • unes·sential·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unessential1

First recorded in 1650–60; un- 1 + essential

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Example Sentences

To all which questions, not unessential in a Biographic work, mere Conjecture must for most part return answer.

This closing up of unessential clefts is an approach to the relief.

Let there be but a fine idealism in the quest, and the particular object is unessential.

Instead of the entire universe, they worship a more or less unessential part of it.

Because the universe is the supreme being, therefore all differences, even those of opinion, are unessential.

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