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English Dictionary: inessential	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inessential adj not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] Antonym(s): essential not absolutely necessary n anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" Synonym(s): inessential, nonessential Antonym(s): essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inessential \In`essen"tial\, a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.] 1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke. The womb of inessential* Naught. --Shelley. 2. Not essential; unessential.