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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inessential \In'es*sen"tial\, adjective [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.]
1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke.
The womb of inessential Naught. --Shelley.
2. Not essential; not required to achieve a given purpose; unessential; unnecessary. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inessential
adjective
1: not basic or fundamental [syn: {unessential}] [ant: {essential}]
2: not absolutely necessary
noun: anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: {nonessential}] [ant: {necessity}]
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