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unessential - 4 dictionary results

un⋅es⋅sen⋅tial

  [uhn-uh-sen-shuhl]
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–adjective
1. not of prime importance; not indispensable.
–noun
2. an unessential thing; nonessential.
Origin:
1650–60; un- 1 + essential

Related forms:
un⋅es⋅sen⋅tial⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. unnecessary, dispensable, unimportant.
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un·es·sen·tial   (ŭn'ĭ-sěn'shəl)   
adj.  Not necessary or important; dispensable.
n.  One that is unnecessary.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Unessential

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.

Unessential

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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