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inessentiality

/in-i-sen-shuhl/US // ˌɪn ɪˈsɛn ʃəl //UK // (ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl) //

无性,虚无缥缈,无效性,无性化

Related Words

wanton恣意妄为,放荡不羁,肆意妄为,放荡surplus剩余,剩余的,盈余,过剩accidental偶然的,偶然性,偶然,偶然性的needless不需要,无需,不需,不用unessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品chance机会,机遇,机缘,的机会prodigal挥霍无度,浪荡子,挥霍浪费,浪子回头undesirable不可取,不可取的,不理想的,不理想excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩nonessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品additional其他,其他的,其他方面avoidable可避免的,可避免,可以避免的,可避开的beside the point不言而喻,不在话下,不足为奇,不足为外人道也casual休闲,随意,随便,休闲的dispensable可有可无,可有可无的,无关紧要,无用exorbitant过高的,过高,高昂的,昂贵的expendable消耗性的,消耗性,消耗品,消耗性物质extraneous外来的,外在的,外来的东西,外来人员extrinsic外在的,外在因素,外在,外在性fortuitous偶然的,凑巧的是,偶然性,偶然性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not essential; not necessary; nonessential.
    • : without essence; insubstantial.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : that which is not essential.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inunimportance
Synonyms
immateriality非物质性,非物质,非物质的,非物质文化遗产inconsequence后果,不重要,不起眼,不重要的事情pettiness娇气,小气,娇弱,琐事triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事worthlessness一文不值,不值一提,一文不名,不值钱

Examples

  • Critics claimed pharmaceutical companies engaged in manipulative marketing, pushed “inessential” medications and charged astronomically high drug prices, especially in the global South.

  • Frailties like that seem inessential when it comes time to review a whole lifetime's contributions.

  • It is inessential here to recount the details of these movements.

  • The critics of the preceding generations wasted their energies upon inessential details.

  • To remove externals from us, to rid our minds of the illusive and the inessential, is simply to clear us for action.

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

  • The secret of my strength is my ability to reject every element that is harmful or inessential to the completion of my self.

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