nonessential

adj

1. unnecessary, unneeded, needless, superfluous, redundant, expendable, dispensable, unrequired, uncalled-for, gratuitous; unimportant, of little or small importance, of no or no great importance, inconsequential, of little or no consequence, insignificant, of no significance, inconsiderable, inappreciable, of no concern, of no matter, of no account; irrelevant, immaterial, inapplicable, inapt, unconnected, inapposite, inconsequent, beside the point or 784mark, beside the question, off the subject, nothing to do with it; little, small, minute, bush-league, Inf. small-time, Inf. one-horse, Sl. dinky, Sl. two-bit, Sl. small potatoes.

2. extrinsic, extrinsical, extraneous, external, incidental, accidental, adventitious, inessential, unessential; extra, additional, supplementary, supplemental, adscititious; subsidiary, subordinate, secondary, accessory, collateral; circumstantial, contingent, conditional, provisional, dependent.

n

3. nonentity, a nobody, Sl. nebbish, a nothing, cipher; little fellow, Inf. little guy, man on the street, John or Jane Doe, small fry, Sl. small fish, Sl. small potato; insignificancy, nullity, zero, thing of naught.