Definitions for unessentialˌʌn əˈsɛn ʃəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•es•sen•tialˌʌn əˈsɛn ʃəl(adj.)

  1. not of prime importance.

  2. (n.)a nonessential.

Origin of unessential:

1650–60

un`es•sen′tial•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. inessential, unessential(adj)

    not basic or fundamental

Wiktionary

  1. unessential(Adjective)

    Not essential

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unessential(adj)

    not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant

  2. Unessential(adj)

    void of essence, or real being

  3. Unessential(noun)

    something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion


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