Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inessential"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inessential \In`es*sen"tial\, a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf.
F. inessentiel.]
1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke.
The womb of inessential Naught. --Shelley.
2. Not essential; unessential.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inessential
adj 1: not basic or fundamental [syn: {unessential}] [ant: {essential}]
2: not absolutely necessary
n : anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their
inessentials" [syn: {nonessential}] [ant: {necessity}]
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