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nonessential

nonessential adjective: not required; not essential.

Adjective

nonessential (not comparable)

  1. Not required; not essential.
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Noun

nonessential (plural nonessentials)

  1. Something that is not essential.

nonessential meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Kannada

nonessential in Hindi

nonessential
गैर-आवश्यक gair-āvaśyak

nonessential in Urdu

غیرضروری

nonessential in Kannada

ಬೇಡದಿರುವ, ಅರಿದಲ್ಲದ, ಬೇಕಾಗದ

Antonyms of nonessential

Forms of nonessential

Adjective
alternative formnon-essential
Noun
pluralnonessentials

Origin of nonessential

From non- + essential.

Words formed from nonessential

Phrases with nonessential

Questions about nonessential

What does nonessential mean?
Nonessential means not required; not essential.
What is nonessential in Hindi?
Nonessential in Hindi is गैर-आवश्यक (gair-āvaśyak). See Nonessential meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nonessential?
Nonessential can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonessential in the dictionary

  1. nonesense
  2. nonesophageal
  3. nonesoteric
  4. nonespionage
  5. nonespousal
  6. nonessential
  7. nonessential amino acid
  8. nonessential amino acids
  9. nonessentialism
  10. nonessentialist
  11. nonessentialistic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonessential (page history and authors); गैर-आवश्यक (Hindi) (page history and authors); nonessential (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonessential (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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