'Inessential' definitions:

Definition of 'inessential'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] [ant: essential]
adjective
Not absolutely necessary
noun
Anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant: essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite]

Definition of 'Inessential'

From: GCIDE
  • Inessential \In`es*sen"tial\, a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke. [1913 Webster]
  • The womb of inessential Naught. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not essential; not required to achieve a given purpose; unessential; unnecessary. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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