inessential

in·es·sen·tial

 (ĭn′ĭ-sĕn′shəl)

adj.

1. Not essential; unessential.

2. Without essence.

n.

Something that is not essential.

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in′es·sen′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

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inessential

(ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl)

adj

not necessary

n

anything that is not essential

ˌinesˌsentiˈality n

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in•es•sen•tial

(ˌɪn ɪˈsɛn ʃəl)

adj.

1. not essential; not necessary; nonessential.

2. without essence; insubstantial.

n.

3. something that is not essential.

[1670–80]

in`es•sen`ti•al′i•ty, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inessential - anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" nonessential 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.	inessential - not basic or fundamental     unessential 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

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inessential

adjective

1. unnecessary, redundant, superfluous, spare, surplus, optional, needless, extraneous, extrinsic, uncalled-for, dispensable We judged footnotes inessential to the text.

noun

1. 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.

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inessential

adjective

Not necessary:

dispensable, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired.

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Translations

غَيْر جَوْهَري، غَيْر ضَروري

zbytečnostzbytečný

unødvendigunødvendigheduvæsentliguvæsentlighed

unwesentlichUnwesentliches

superflu

felesleges

ónauîsynlegur

accidentalenon essenziale

neesminis

greznumpriekšmetsmazsvarīgsnebūtisksnenozīmīga detaļa

unødvendiguvesentliguvesentlighet

gereksizlüzumsuz

无关紧要的无关紧要的事物

inessential

[ˈɪnɪˈsenʃəl]

A. ADJ → no esencial

B. N → cosa f no esencial

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inessential

[ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃ^əl] adj → superflu(e)

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inessential

adj → unwesentlich, unerheblich, unwichtig

n → Unwesentliche(s) nt no pl, → Nebensächlichkeit f

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inessential

[ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃl] adj → superfluo/a

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inessential

(inəˈsenʃəl) noun, adjective

(something) which is not essential. We have no money for inessentials; inessential luxuries. bykomende غَيْر جَوْهَري، غَيْر ضَروري несъществен desnecessário zbytečnost; zbytečný etwas Unwesentliches, unwesentlich uvæsentlighed; uvæsentlig; unødvendighed; unødvendig μη απαραίτητος, επουσιώδηςsuperfluo, 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 bijkomstiguvesentlig, unødvendignieistotny غیر ضروری 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 无关紧要的（东西）

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