inessential

Example Sentences

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She treats the question as compulsory but perhaps inessential.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

You might even define a great artist by the ability to pitilessly remove the inessential, no matter how clever the sentence or brilliant the movement composition.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2023

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

We may ignore such inessential accretions, and confine ourselves to the beliefs which all mystics share.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand