Unessential

Origin

From - + essential.

Full definition of unessential

Adjective

1. Not essential; unimportant.
• 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 155:But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.
2. Void of essence, or real being.

Derived terms

• unessentiality

Synonyms

• inessential

Antonyms

• essential