nonessential Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anything that is not essential
    inessential.
    • they discarded all their inessentials
  2. adjective satellite not of prime or central importance
    incidental.
    • nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA

WordNet

Non`es*sen"tial adjective
Definitions
  1. Not essential.
Non`es*sen"tial noun
Definitions
  1. A thing not essential.

Webster 1913