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Webster 1913 Edition
Unessential
Unˊes-sen′tial
,Adj.
1.
Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Addison.
2.
Void of essence, or real being.
[R.]
Milton.
Unˊes-sen′tial
,Noun.
Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity;
as, forms are among the
. unessentials
of religionWebster 1828 Edition
Unessential
UNESSEN'TIAL
, a.1.
Not essential; not absolutely necessary; not of prime importance.2.
Not constituting the essence.3.
Void of real being; as unessential night.UNESSEN'TIAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
unessential
unessential
English
Adjective
unessential (comparative more unessential, superlative most unessential)
- Not essential; unimportant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 155:
- But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.
- Void of essence, or real being.
- John Milton
- These pass'd, if any pass, the void profound
Of unessential Night receives him next
Wide gaping, and with utter loss of being […]
- These pass'd, if any pass, the void profound
- John Milton