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adj. Having little or no importance; not essential.

adj. Biochemistry Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but does not need to be included in the diet because of the body's ability to synthesize it from other nutrients.

adj. Not required; not essential.

n. Something that is not essential.

adj. Not essential.

n. A thing not essential.

Not essential or necessary; not absolutely necessary.

n. A thing that is not essential, absolutely necessary, or of the utmost consequence.

n. anything that is not essential

adj. not of prime or central importance

"I think all of the above, in a sense, and I liken it to other what I call nonessential passions that we have--golf, for example, horseback riding, neither of which are to my taste."

inessential    unessential   

essential    mandatory    necessary    required   

accidental   

confidential    consequential    credential    deferential    differential    essential    existential    exponential    inconsequential    influential   

mission-essential    ancillary    carboxylic    omega-3    short-chain    religion    unionize    easy-care    extraneous    earth-moving