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inessential

adj. not basic or fundamental

Fuzzynyms (3)

gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for

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

Synonyms (7)

dispensable

adj. capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property"

expendable

adj. suitable to be expended

extrinsic

adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

secondary

adj. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

unimportant

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

unnecessary, unneeded

adj. not necessary

Antonyms (1)

essential

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

unessential

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