inessential
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- inessentiality noun
Etymology
Origin of inessential
Example Sentences
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One episode in the middle of this season is just that, entirely meant to establish the titular hero as adjacent to another Marvel hero in the area – and otherwise inessential.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
You might even define a great artist by the ability to pitilessly remove the inessential, no matter how clever the sentence or brilliant the movement composition.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2023
MAP, deemed inessential, was cut, and the program dissolved within a few years.
From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023
It urged residents in the area to avoid inessential outings and to use caution against mudslides, flooding and thunderstorms.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
In everything he sought for the essential form, the form that contains all the other inessential forms.
From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by Fletcher, John Gould
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