inessential
Example Sentences
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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
MAP, deemed inessential, was cut, and the program dissolved within a few years.
From Scientific American
It urged residents in the area to avoid inessential outings and to use caution against mudslides, flooding and thunderstorms.
From Seattle Times
Even when we imagine a superhero with X-ray vision, we imagine somebody who sees through the inessential to the essential.
From New York Times
Though the song’s title starts as a negative, describing Ken as inessential, the group elevates it to a chant of self-affirming validation, one that stops them from warring with each other and themselves.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
