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synonyms for non-essential

  • accidental
  • ancillary
  • casual
  • coincidental
  • random
  • secondary
  • attendant
  • chance
  • concomitant
  • contingent
  • fluke
  • irregular
  • nonessential
  • subordinate
  • subsidiary
  • accompanying
  • adventitious
  • by-the-way
  • circumstantial
  • concurrent
  • contributing
  • contributory
  • fortuitous
  • occasional
  • odd

antonyms for non-essential

MOST RELEVANT
  • decided
  • deliberate
  • designed
  • planned
  • premeditated
  • chief
  • important
  • necessary
  • basic
  • essential
  • fundamental
  • vital
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                    How to use non-essential in a sentence

                    The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
                    THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
                    He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
                    THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUS
                    Water itself is of course essential to the growth of every plant, but the benefits of Irrigation reach far beyond this.
                    GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
                    As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
                    A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
                    Such are most probably given by the essential oils, which vary in amount in different species of the plant.
                    TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
                    De moi, je ne say qu'en dire, d'autant que je ne veux affirmer ny le si ny le non en ce dont je n'ay vidence.
                    THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
                    But the essential problem of to-day is to know how far we are to depart from its principles.
                    THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
                    Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.
                    THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
                    It teaches you to take your time, or as the Germans call it, it gives you "Ruhe (repose)," the grand sine qua non!
                    MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
                    Spring Hill takes its name from a spring now non-existent, but which was once a favourite with the cottagers who lived near to it.
                    SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
                    SYNONYM OF THE DAY
                    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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