Definition of unessential Unessential
un•es•sen•tial
We found 9 definitions of unessential from 6 different sources.
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What does unessential mean?
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| unessential - not basic or fundamental | ||
| inessential | ||
| essential basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" | ||
| dispensable capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property" | ||
| expendable (used of funds) remaining after taxes; "spendable income" | ||
| extrinsic not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" | ||
| secondary belonging to a lower class or rank | ||
| unimportant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | ||
| unnecessary, unneeded not necessary | ||
| essentiality, essentialness basic importance | ||
| accessorial nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing" | ||
| adscititious supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing; "adscititious vowels" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- unessential (Adjective)
Not essential; unimportant. - unessential (Adjective)
Void of essence, or real being.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unessential (a.)
Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant. - unessential (a.)
Void of essence, or real being. - unessential (n.)
Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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unessential
Able to be done without.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unessential
un-es-sen′shal, adj. not essential: unnecessary: unimportant: (Milt.) void of real being.—v.t. Uness′ence (Lamb), to deprive of essence
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🔤- unessential, noun, singular of unessentials.
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