nonessential

Example Sentences

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Nonessential expenses fell by over 25% in February compared with a year earlier, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Nonessential employees would be sent home and noncritical travel would be canceled or postponed.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

Nonessential travel to much of the island’s western coastline has been strongly discouraged since devastating wildfires killed at least 115 people in the historic town of Lahaina last month.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

Nonessential information refers to information that is usually not necessary to the basic meaning of a sentence.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah