unessential
Use Unessential in a sentence
əˈsɛn adjective
1.
not of prime importance; not indispensable.
noun
2.
an unessential thing; nonessential.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | a less common word for inessential |
| —n | |
| 2. | something that is not essential |
| unes'sentially | |
| —adv | |
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Unessential
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
Additions of new material and deletions of unessential items are made as periodically required.
Unessential travel to areas with high transmission rates should be discontinued during a pandemic.
The discontinuation of unessential travel to locations with high illness transmission rates.
Interested but unessential personnel may present hazards, interfere, or in other ways affect the outcome of the demonstration.
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