nonessential

Speech parts

1. nonessential - Noun

2. nonessential - Adjective

3. nonessential - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not essential.

A thing not essential.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

accidental incidental inessential needless Mickey Mouse small little petit deadwood secondary minor extra slight subordinate peripheral

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Antonyms

required necessary essential central idiopathic important

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Hypernyms

thing

Hyponyms

adjunct

Phrases with the word

nonessential item nonessential part nonessential information

Examples

The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. Eric Hoffer

I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential. Iyanla Vanzant

Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if they are. Will Rogers

nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry Source: Internet

the character's motives remain accidental to the plot Source: Internet

they discarded all their inessentials Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nonesoteric nonespionage nonespousal nonessential amino acid nonessential information nonessential item