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

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

adj. not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"

adj. not absolutely necessary

adj. suitable to be expended

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

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

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"

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

adj. not important or noteworthy

adj. not absolutely necessary

adj. suitable to be expended

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

adj. suitable to be expended

adj. not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"

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

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

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"

adj. added or derived from something outside; not inherent; "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"

adj. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"

adj. coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"

adj. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

adj. kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

adj. absolutely essential