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inessential

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in·es·sen·tial  (n-snshl)
adj.
1. Not essential; unessential.
2. Without essence.
n.
Something that is not essential.

ines·senti·ali·ty (-sh-l-t) n.

inessential [ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl]
adj
not necessary
n
anything that is not essential
inessentiality  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inessential - anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
thing - a separate and self-contained entity
adjunct - something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement - anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
Adj.1.inessentialinessential - not basic or fundamental            
dispensable - capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property"
expendable - suitable to be expended
unimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"
extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"
unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary
secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
2.inessential - not absolutely necessary
unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary

inessential
adjective
noun
luxury, extra, extravagance, trimming, accessory, makeweight, superfluity He could strip away inessentials to reach the core of a problem. Cut down your spending on inessentials.
Translations
inessential [ˈɪnɪˈsenʃəl]
A. ADJno esencial
B. Ncosa f no esencial

inessential [ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl] adjsuperflu(e)

inessential
nUnwesentliche(s) nt no pl, → Nebensächlichkeit f

inessential [ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃl] adjsuperfluo/a
inessential [ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃl] adjsuperfluo/a

inessential
n / adj inessential [inəˈsenʃəl]
(something) which is not essential We have no money for inessentials; inessential luxuries. bykomende غَيْر جَوْهَري، غَيْر ضَروري несъществен zbytečnost; zbytečný uvæsentlighed; uvæsentlig; unødvendighed; unødvendig etwas Unwesentliches, unwesentlich μη απαραίτητος, επουσιώδης (adjetivo) superfluo, (nombre)cosa no esencial ebaoluline غیر ضروری epäolennainen superflu לא חִיוּנִי अनावश्यक nebitan felesleges sesuatu yang tidak perlu ónauðsynlegur superfluo 不用物[] 본질적이 아닌 neesminis (dalykas) nebūtisks; mazsvarīgs; nenozīmīga detaļa; greznumpriekšmets tidak diperlukan bijkomstig uvesentlig(het), unødvendig(het) (problem) nieistotny desnecessário (lu­cru) neesenţial, neimportant нечто несущественное; несущественный zbytočnosť; zbytočný nebistvena stvar; nebistven nepotreban oväsentlighet; oväsentlig สิ่งที่ไม่สำคัญ gereksiz, lüzumsuz 非必要的(東西) неістотний; неважливий غیر ضروری không quan trọng 西


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Permeating Adorno's description is the logic of sublimation: one arrives at "residual truth" through an intellectual distillation that transmutes experience into thought by boiling away the inessential and the impure.
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