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Meaning of "unessential" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNESSENTIAL

unessential  [ˌʌnɪˈsɛnʃəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNESSENTIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unessential can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNESSENTIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unessential in the English dictionary

The definition of unessential in the dictionary is something that is not essential.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNESSENTIAL


beneficential
bɪˌnɛfɪˈsɛnʃəl
coessential
ˌkəʊɪˈsɛnʃəl
confidential
ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl
consequential
ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl
differential
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl
essential
ɪˈsɛnʃəl
excrescential
ˌɛkskrɪˈsɛnʃəl
existential
ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəl
experiential
ɪkˌspɪərɪˈɛnʃəl
exponential
ˌɛkspəʊˈnɛnʃəl
inessential
ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl
influential
ˌɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl
nonessential
ˌnɒnɪˈsɛnʃəl
potential
pəˈtɛnʃəl
preferential
ˌprɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
prudential
pruːˈdɛnʃəl
quintessential
ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl
residential
ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl
sequential
sɪˈkwɛnʃəl
superessential
ˌsuːpərɪˈsɛnʃəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNESSENTIAL

unerotic
unerring
unerringly
unerringness
unescapable
UNESCO
unescorted
unespied
unessayed
unessence
unessentially
unestablished
unesthetic
unethical
unethically
unevaded
unevaluated
unevangelical
uneven
unevenly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNESSENTIAL

action potential
chemical potential
circumferential
circumstantial
equipotential
growth potential
inconsequential
inferential
initial
jurisprudential
penitential
precedential
presidential
referential
reverential
self-referential
substantial
tangential
torrential
unsubstantial
vice-presidential

Synonyms and antonyms of unessential in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unessential» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNESSENTIAL

Find out the translation of unessential to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unessential from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unessential» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非本质
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no esencial
570 millions of speakers

English

unessential
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नगण्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير اساسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

необязательно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não essencial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুরুত্বহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non essentiel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak penting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unwesentliche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

本質的でない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비 본질적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unessential
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không cần thiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unessential
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उघड न करता येणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önemsiz şey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inessenziale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieistotne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необов´язково
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neesențial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επουσιώδης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unessential
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oväsentliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uvesentlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unessential

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNESSENTIAL»

The term «unessential» is regularly used and occupies the 89.827 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNESSENTIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unessential

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QUOTES WITH «UNESSENTIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unessential.
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Bruce Lee
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNESSENTIAL»

Discover the use of unessential in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unessential and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Essential and the Unessential in Currency Legislation: ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A. Piatt (Abram Piatt) Andrew, 2012
2
Hegel's Ethics of Recognition
Moreover, the master despises the slave as unessential and holds his recognition to be unreliable, unsubstantial, and worthless. And yet the master is dependent on such "worthless" recognition. The unessential consciousness [of the slave] is ...
Robert R. Williams, 1997
3
Mathematical Cognition
These inductions likely elaborate Gelman and Gallistel's counting rules (1978), and result in a belief that certain unessential features of counting are essential, as noted in Table 4.1 (Briars & Siegler, 1984). In particular, young children often ...
James M. Royer, 2003
4
Complexity in Numerical Optimization
As computation proceeds, some constraints become unessential and can be dropped. The key part of the analysis lies in bounding the time needed for a new constraint to become unessential. Many strongly polynomial algorithms for the ...
Panos M. Pardalos, 1993
5
Limit Distributions for Sums of Independent Random Vectors: ...
Every continuous function /:E~>T w,th f(E) / T is unessential. Proof. In fact, let e,a € T \ f(E) for some o e R The function ,t>(t) = e,l is a homeomorphism (i.e.. a continuous mapping with a continuous inverse) of (Q,Q + 2Tr) onto T \ {e,a}. If * = V~1 ...
Mark M. Meerschaert, Hans-Peter Scheffler, 2001
6
The Winged Word: A Study in the Technique of Ancient Greek ...
The sign of the fundamental difference between these segmental stages or levels is the unessential extension of clauses. Unessential enjambment is typical of stanzaic structure; it does not characterize thematic development. Unessential ...
Berkley Peabody, 1975
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Lectures Introductory to the Theory of Functions of Two ...
58] TWO TYPES OF UNESSENTIAL SINGULARITY 85 pole) of a function f(z), and of order n for the function, when there is a positive integer n such that (z-a)n/ « is finite and not zero at the point. In the case of uniform functions of two variables, ...
Andrew R. Forsyth
8
On Violence: A Reader
Thus he is the pure, essential action in this relationship, while the action of the bondsman is impure and unessential. But for recognition proper the moment is lacking, that what the lord does to the other he also does to himself, and what the  ...
Bruce B. Lawrence, Aisha Karim, 2007
9
Hegel's Science of Logic: A Critical Rethinking in Thirty ...
This baptizes essence as the essential in relation to the unessential. This contrast expresses how these entities in a certain respect face each other as something and other, because even though the unessential no longer has self-subsistence,  ...
Richard Dien Winfield, 2012
10
The Basis of Harmony
Harmonization of melodies containing unessential notes: The general harmonic basis should be that of not more than two chords to the bar. The unessential notes in the melody should first be marked, remembering that no matter how great a ...
Horwood, Frederick J.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNESSENTIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unessential is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Google moves to decouple Google+ and YouTube
... compile posts organised by individualised topics, whilst some features that the company deemed as "unessential to an interest-based social experience" have ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
2
Artur Balder's Little Spain
Balder invites us to wonder whether their Americanness is a superficial gloss on their Spanishness, unessential to it yet necessary, as a sort of a old, reliable ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Ag Digest (July 24, 2015)
NDSU Extension recommends giving livestock plenty of water, moving their feeding time to late afternoon or evening, removing unessential wind barriers, ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
4
Security experts hack controls of moving car in experiment
In a controlled test, they turned on the Jeep Cherokee's radio and activated other unessential features before rewriting entertainment-system code to issue ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
5
16 Ways to Simplify Your Life
"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." -- Bruce Lee. Our lives can get hectic. Lots of commitments, lots of things we want to ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
6
Apple Watch Review Roundup: Flawed, Unessential, Utterly Brilliant
Enough time has now passed for the world's most senior technology reviewers to not only get their hands on the Apple Watch, but fully put the device through its ... «Modern Readers, Apr 15»
7
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws Of Hakkon
Jaws of Hakkon is an enjoyable but unessential addition to Inquisition, great for players looking to prolong their game or for an excuse to dive back into Thedas. «Hardcore Gamer, Mar 15»
8
'Cupcakes' review: Israeli comedy about pals entering music …
But there are enough winks to the audience suggesting that all involved realize how unessential this movie is, which, strangely, adds to the sweetness of the ... «New York Daily News, Mar 15»
9
Enterprise UX essentials – the virtues and perils of simplicity
But it's the “unessential” aspect that's the kicker – too often, a dramatically pared-down design buries or eliminates functions we rely upon (high on my own list: ... «Diginomica, Mar 15»
10
Welsh language 'unessential' for Gwynedd housing jobs
A housing group has taken on two new directors - earning £82,000 a year each - after dropping the Welsh language as an essential skill. Cartrefi Cymunedol ... «Daily Post North Wales, Mar 15»

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