inessential

in·es·sen·tial

Rare without essence or existence; immaterial
not essential; not really necessary or important; unessential

something inessential

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inessential

adjective

Not essential; unessential.
Without essence.

noun

Something that is not essential.

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in′es·sen′ti·al′i·ty
noun

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Adjective

(not comparable)

not essential
Leave inessential items behind when there is a fire alarm.
lacking essence or being

Noun

(plural inessentials)

(often in plural) Something that is not essential

Origin

in- +‎ essential

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Thankfully, companies like California Natural Pet manufacture both dog and cat food formulas that are free of dangerous, chemicals, additives, and inessential ingredients.
It is on clinical grounds that beriberi, scarlet fever, measles, &c., are recognized as belonging to the same class, and evolving in phases which differ not in intimate nature but in the more superficial and inessential characters of time, rate and polymorphism; and the impression is gaining strength that acute rheumatism belongs to the group of the infections, certain sore throats, chorea and other apparently distinct maladies being terms of this series.

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