单词 | unessential |
释义 | unessential (once / 24522 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unessential: unessentially+/essence: essences, essential/essential: essentiality, essentially, essentialness, essentials, inessential, nonessential, unessential/essentiality: essentialities/inessential: inessentiality, inessentially, inessentials/nonessential: nonessentials USAGE EXAMPLESHaving created that synthetic cell, the researchers set out to engineer a bacterium by removing unessential genes. Reuters(Mar 24, 2016) As Congressional gridlock continues to keep a lid on the Pentagon's base budget, it's long past time to reduce spending on unessential goods and services. US News(Oct 08, 2015) Reschedule unessential tasks, and release stress with a walk outside. Seattle Times(Feb 27, 2015) adj not basic or fundamental Syn|Ant inessential accessorial nonessential but helpful adscititioussupplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing incidental, nonessentialnot of prime or central importance dispensablecapable of being dispensed with or done without expendablesuitable to be expended unimportantnot important extrinsicnot forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside unnecessary, unneedednot necessary secondarybeing of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate essential basic and fundamental crucial, importantof extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis basal, primaryof primary importance biogenicessential for maintaining the fundamental life processes constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organicconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) musthighly recommended no-frillscharacterized by the absence of inessential features staplenecessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities substantial, substantivehaving a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable virtualexisting in essence or effect though not in actual fact life-sustaining, vitalperforming an essential function in the living body indispensablenot to be dispensed with; essential unexpendablenot suitable to be expended important, of importof great significance or value intrinsic, intrinsicalbelonging to a thing by its very nature necessaryabsolutely essential primaryof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary |
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