unessential Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not basic or fundamental
    inessential.

WordNet

Un`es*sen"tial adjective
Definitions
  1. Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant. Addison.
  2. Void of essence, or real being. R. Milton.
Un`es*sen"tial noun
Definitions
  1. Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.

Webster 1913