unessential
unessential adjective: not essential.
Adjective
unessential (comparative more unessential, superlative most unessential)
- Not essential.
- [I] have a question more to ask you on occasion of what you have told me; and that is, Whether you are to leave every Minister and Church, as soon as any thing is said that is really erroneous, in the lesser and unessential matters?1676, Joseph Glanvill, Seasonable Reflections and Discourses, London: R.W. [and] H. Mortlock, p. 92
- [He was] moved rather with Pity than Indignation towards the Persons of those, who differed from him in the unessential Parts of Christianity.1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder, No. 39, 4 May, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, p. 225
- Synonyms:
- inessential, unimportant
- Antonyms:
- essential
- Void of essence, or real being.
- These [gates] past, if any pass, the void profound
Of unessential Night receives him next
Wide gaping, and with utter loss of being
Threatens him,1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished... - […] even before the Heavens, before those material Orbs, that now rowl over us, were call’d from the dark, and profound Abyss of unessential Nothing:1686, William Hall, A sermon preach'd before Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, London: William Grantham, page 7
- Synonyms:
- unsubstantial
- These [gates] past, if any pass, the void profound
unessential meaning in Tamil and Urdu
unessential in Tamil
- தேவையற்ற
unessential in Urdu
- غیراہم, غیرضروری
Examples of unessential in a sentence
- “[…] strangeness is not in the nature of a thing, but in its relation to something extrinsic—in this case an unessential observer.”1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, chapter 18, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y....
- But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN:
Synonyms of unessential
Antonyms
Forms of unessential
| comparative | more unessential |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unessential |
Origin of unessential
From un- + essential.
Words formed from unessential
Questions about unessential
- What does unessential mean?
- Unessential means not essential.
- What is unessential in Tamil?
- Unessential in Tamil is தேவையற்ற. See Unessential meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use unessential in a sentence?
- “[…] strangeness is not in the nature of a thing, but in its relation to something extrinsic—in this case an unessential observer.”
- What part of speech is unessential?
- Unessential is an adjective.
Words near unessential in the dictionary
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