Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unessential"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unessential \Un`es*sen"tial\, a.
1. Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable;
unimportant. --Addison.
2. Void of essence, or real being. [R.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unessential \Un`es*sen"tial\, n.
Something not constituting essence, or something which is not
of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials
of religion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unessential
adj : not basic or fundamental [syn: {inessential}] [ant: {essential}]
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