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unessential - 4 dictionary results

un⋅es⋅sen⋅tial

[uhn-uh-sen-shuhl]
–adjective
1. not of prime importance; not indispensable.
–noun
2. an unessential thing; nonessential.

Origin:
1650–60; un- 1 + essential


un⋅es⋅sen⋅tial⋅ly, adverb


1. unnecessary, dispensable, unimportant.
un·es·sen·tial   (ŭn'ĭ-sěn'shəl)   
adj.  Not necessary or important; dispensable.
n.  One that is unnecessary.

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.
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