nonessential

Example Sentences

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Nonessential expenses fell by over 25% in February compared with a year earlier, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Nonessential employees would be sent home and noncritical travel would be canceled or postponed.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

Nonessential information refers to information that is usually not necessary to the basic meaning of a sentence.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Nonessential personal had already been withdrawn from the embassy in April after Biden’s withdrawal announcement and it was not immediately clear how many staffers would remain on the heavily fortified compound.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah