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What is "nonessential" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does nonessential mean in English? Meaning of nonessential definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "nonessential" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "nonessential": anything that is not essential

Noun

  • Meaning: anything that is not essential
  • Example: they discarded all their inessentials
  • Synonyms: inessential nonessential
  • Hyponyms: adjunct
  • Hypernyms: thing
  • Antonyms: essential necessary necessity requirement requisite

    • Meaning of "nonessential": not of prime or central importance

    Adjective

  • Meaning: not of prime or central importance
  • Example: nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
  • Synonyms: incidental nonessential
  • Similar: inessential unessential
  • Adjective: Not required; not essential.

    • Synonyms:

    unnecessary, peripheral, petty, inessential, dispensable, excessive, expendable, extraneous, insignificant, superfluous, trivial, unimportant, deadwood, excess baggage,

    Antonyms:

    needed, major, essential, important, necessary,

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    nonessential in English: nonessential
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