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Inessential

Having no essence or being.

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Accessorial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

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Accessorial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

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Accidental 84% connected

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

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Accidental 84% connected

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

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Adscititious 84% connected

Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.

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Adscititious 84% connected

Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.

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Nonessential 84% connected

Not essential.

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Nonessential 84% connected

Not essential.

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Adjunct 76% connected

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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Thing 76% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Dispensable 66% connected

Capable of being dispensed or administered.

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Dispensable 66% connected

Capable of being dispensed or administered.

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Extrinsic 66% connected

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

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Extrinsic 66% connected

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

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Secondary 66% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Secondary 66% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Essentiality 66% connected

The quality of being essential; the essential part.

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Essentiality 66% connected

The quality of being essential; the essential part.

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Synonym 2

Nonessential 92% connected

Not essential.

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Unessential 92% connected

Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.

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Antonym 4

Essential 94% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Essential 94% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Necessity 94% connected

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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Necessity 94% connected

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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