inessential

Example Sentences

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One episode in the middle of this season is just that, entirely meant to establish the titular hero as adjacent to another Marvel hero in the area – and otherwise inessential.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

The first “Rebel Moon,” released on Netflix in December, made audiences endure a gantlet of narrative groundwork that’s fairly inessential and recapped here.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

MAP, deemed inessential, was cut, and the program dissolved within a few years.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

It urged residents in the area to avoid inessential outings and to use caution against mudslides, flooding and thunderstorms.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Tell me, my child," Madame von Marwitz said, as if, suddenly, taking refuge in the inessential from the pressure of her own thoughts, "how did you find our Tallie?

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas