inessential

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Aug. 2, 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

The detail may have been small, but it was not inessential when it could turn Tasker Jevons from the Grand Attack as he was turned that night.

From The Belfry by Sinclair, May