inessentiality

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in·es·sen·tial

(ĭn′ĭ-sĕn′shəl)

adj.

1. Not essential; unessential.

2. Without essence.

Something that is not essential.

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

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inessentiality - not of basic importance

unimportance - the quality of not being important or worthy of note

dispensability, dispensableness - the quality possessed by something that you can get along without

essentiality, essentialness - basic importance

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