inessential Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anything that is not essential
    nonessential.
    • they discarded all their inessentials
  2. adjective not basic or fundamental
    unessential.
  3. adjective satellite not absolutely necessary

WordNet

In`es*sen"tial adjective
Etymology
Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.
Definitions
  1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke.
    The womb of inessential Naught. Shelley.
  2. Not essential; unessential.

Webster 1913