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Nouns (1)

inessential

n. anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"

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Adjectives (2)

incidental

adj. not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA

unimportant

adj. not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

Fuzzynyms (10)

expendable

adj. suitable to be expended

unimportant

adj. not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

negligible, paltry, trifling

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adventitious

adj. associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

inconsequent, inconsequential

adj. lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

insignificant, unimportant

adj. devoid of importance, meaning, or force

Synonyms (3)

complemental, complementary, completing

adj. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Antonyms (3)

need, want

n. anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

essential

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

lobed > high > spellbinding > gruelling > pepper > inherent > creed > nonessential

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