nonessential
Example Sentences
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State Department telling nonessential staff to get out of Saudi Arabia after attacks there killed workers from India and Bangladesh.
From Los Angeles Times
Embassies had let nonessential staff in locations like Israel and Lebanon leave but had generally told their citizens to register and shelter in place.
“New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” he said, urging residents to avoid nonessential travel.
Beauty and personal care, a $68 billion industry, has been a relative bright spot as pressure mounts on food and nonessentials spending.
Since Presidents Day is a federal holiday, all nonessential federal government offices are closed.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
