Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nonessential"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, n.
A thing not essential.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, a.
Not essential.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nonessential
adj : not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: {incidental}]
n : anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their
inessentials" [syn: {inessential}] [ant: {necessity}]
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