Definitions for: Inessential

[n] anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
[adj] not basic or fundamental
[adj] not absolutely necessary

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: complemental, complementary, completing, incidental, nonessential, nonessential, unessential

Antonyms: essential, essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite

See Also: adjunct, dispensable, entity, expendable, extrinsic, physical thing, secondary, unimportant, unnecessary, unneeded

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