Search results
- Dictionaryinessential/ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃl/
adjective
- 1. not absolutely necessary: "inessential information"
noun
- 1. a thing that is not absolutely necessary: "few people had spare cash for inessentials"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
adjective. uk / ˌɪn.ɪˈsen.ʃ ə l / us / ˌɪn.ɪˈsen.ʃ ə l / Add to word list. not necessary: make-up and other inessential items. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Of little or less importance. be in/under someone's shadow idiom. be neither here nor there idiom. big deal. biggie. derisory. meaninglessly. meaninglessness. merely. minor.
The meaning of INESSENTIAL is not essential : unessential. How to use inessential in a sentence.
Inessential definition: not essential; not necessary; nonessential.. See examples of INESSENTIAL used in a sentence.
Something inessential isn't terribly important or necessary. While you need certain nutrients to stay alive and healthy, things like doughnuts and milkshakes are inessential parts of your diet.
noun [ C usually plural ] us uk. something that is not necessary: There's very little space for inessentials. (Definition of inessential from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of inessential. inessential.
If something is inessential, you do not need it. [formal] We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text. [+ to] Synonyms: unnecessary, redundant, superfluous, spare More Synonyms of inessential. More Synonyms of inessential. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Define inessential. inessential synonyms, inessential pronunciation, inessential translation, English dictionary definition of inessential. adj. 1. Not essential; unessential. 2. Without essence. n. Something that is not essential. in′es·sen′ti·al′i·ty n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
