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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
  1. not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential]
    Antonym(s): essential
  2. not absolutely necessary
n
  1. 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`es*sen"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.
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