unessential

Example Sentences

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The use of lighting that is brighter than needed, or turned on at unessential times, has caused a widespread global fog of light.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2024

Buses and trains were cancelled in the Skane region on Thursday morning and authorities urged people to avoid unessential travel.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024

The company acknowledged that 2022 would be a more difficult year from the start and soaring inflation has made it even tougher as Americans take more items deemed unessential off their shopping lists.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

Satie’s genius was in his removal of all that was unessential yet leaving in all that felt ambiguous.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2020

But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald