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 official travel, speeches and other events would be curtailed.
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 businesses will close, and residents will be asked not to leave home except for reasons such as going grocery shopping or visiting a doctor.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah