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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nonessential
    adj 1: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
           integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn:
           incidental, nonessential]
    n 1: anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their
         inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant:
         essential, necessary, necessity, requirement,
         requisite]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, a.
   Not essential.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nonessential \Non`es*sen"tial\, n.
   A thing not essential.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Nonessential:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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