Usually means: Not necessary; lacking fundamental importance.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word Inessential:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. inessential: Merriam-Webster
  2. inessential: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. inessential: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. inessential: Collins English Dictionary
  5. inessential: Vocabulary.com
  6. inessential: Wordnik
  7. inessential: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. inessential: Wiktionary
  9. inessential: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. inessential: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. inessential: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Inessential, inessential: Dictionary.com
  13. Inessential: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. inessential: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. inessential: Rhymezone
  16. Inessential: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. inessential: FreeDictionary.org
  18. inessential: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. inessential: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. inessential: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. inessential: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (inessential)

▸ adjective:  Not essential.
▸ adjective:  Lacking essence or being.
▸ noun:  (often in plural) Something that is not essential

Similar:
nonessential, unessential, unneeded, unnecessary, incidental, complemental, complementary, completing, non-essential, subessential, more...

Opposite:
essential, necessary, vital, crucial, important

Types:
nonessential, unnecessary, dispensable, unneeded, uncalled-for, unwanted, unrequired, more...

Phrases:
inessential amino acid, opposite of inessential, more...



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Similar:
nonessential, unessential, unneeded, unnecessary, incidental, complemental, complementary, completing, non-essential, subessential, more...

Opposite:
essential, necessary, vital, crucial, important

Types:
nonessential, unnecessary, dispensable, unneeded, uncalled-for, unwanted, unrequired, more...

Phrases:
inessential amino acid, opposite of inessential, more...



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