Unessential synonyms and antonyms

ŭn'ĭ-sĕn'shəl

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minor
Lesser in seriousness or danger:
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slight
Of small importance or consideration; trifling:
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irrelevant (related)
Not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject
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trivial (related)
Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
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unnecessary (related)
The definition of unnecessary is not needed.
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dispensable
(Of a law, rule, vow, etc.) Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
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nonessential
Not essential; of relatively no importance; unnecessary
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uncalled-for
Unwarranted, disproportionate, or inappropriate; not deserved or justified, especially when rude or offensive.
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unneeded
Not needed.
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unrequired
Not required.
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necessary (related)
Logically inevitable:
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essential (antonym)
Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
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Unessential Sentence Examples

  • While the ideals and teaching of the Old Testament have always struck a responsive chord, scientific knowledge of the evolution of man, of the world's history and of man's place in the universe, constantly reveals the difference between the value of the old Oriental legacy for its influence upon the development of mankind and the unessential character of that which has had inevitably to be relinquished.

  • Adams, who thought the query unessential, did not reply, and Airy for some months took no steps to verify by telescopic search the results of the young mathematician's investigation.

  • Now add some unessential notes to " Bobby Shaftoe ".

  • The process was usually explained as the result of the action of a spirit, angel or devil, and many unessential formulae, invocations, "calls," written charms with cabbalistic signs, and fumigations, were employed.

  • It is on the contrary over-developed in them, but ill-informed and working in ways unessential or even morally harmful.

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