Usually means: Not required for basic functioning.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word nonessential:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonessential: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonessential: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonessential: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nonessential: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nonessential: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nonessential, nonessential: Wordnik
  7. nonessential: Wiktionary
  8. nonessential: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. nonessential: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. nonessential: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nonessential: Dictionary.com
  12. Nonessential: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. nonessential: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. nonessential: Rhymezone
  15. Nonessential: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. nonessential: FreeDictionary.org
  17. nonessential: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. nonessential: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. nonessential: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nonessential: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonessential: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. nonessential: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Not required; not essential.
▸ noun:  Something that is not essential.

Similar:
unessential, inessential, incidental, non-essential, nonnecessary, nonrequired, unrequired, nonessentialistic, innecessary, noncrucial, more...

Opposite:
essential, necessary, critical, vital

Types:
essential, indispensable, more...

Phrases:
nonessential amino acid, nonessential amino acids, nonessential singularity, more...

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    beige,     taupe,     mauve,     lavender,     mint, more...



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Similar:
unessential, inessential, incidental, non-essential, nonnecessary, nonrequired, unrequired, nonessentialistic, innecessary, noncrucial, more...

Opposite:
essential, necessary, critical, vital

Types:
essential, indispensable, more...

Phrases:
nonessential amino acid, nonessential amino acids, nonessential singularity, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     mauve,     lavender,     mint, more...



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