inessential
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You might even define a great artist by the ability to pitilessly remove the inessential, no matter how clever the sentence or brilliant the movement composition.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2023
MAP, deemed inessential, was cut, and the program dissolved within a few years.
From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023
It urged residents in the area to avoid inessential outings and to use caution against mudslides, flooding and thunderstorms.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
Matthew Jacobs called the show "inessential" in his review for TV Guide, while Brian Lowry of CNN described it as "a disappointment" though its "stars still merit a look."
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023
All such may for our present purpose be considered as quite inessential.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William