inessential

: accessorial
nonessential but helpful; adscititious
supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing; incidental, nonessential
not of prime or central importance; dispensable
capable of being dispensed with or done without; expendable
suitable to be expended; unimportant
not important; extrinsic
not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; unnecessary, unneeded
not necessary; secondary
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

Antonyms:: essential
basic and fundamental; crucial, important
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; basal, primary
of primary importance; biogenic
essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup); must
highly recommended; no-frills
characterized by the absence of inessential features; staple
necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; substantial, substantive
having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; virtual
existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; life-sustaining, vital
performing an essential function in the living body; indispensable
not to be dispensed with; essential; unexpendable
not suitable to be expended; important, of import
of great significance or value; intrinsic, intrinsical
belonging to a thing by its very nature; necessary
absolutely essential; primary
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; show more antonyms...

“they discarded all their inessentials”

Antonyms:: essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite
anything indispensable

Types:: adjunct
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it; accompaniment, complement
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

DEFINITIONS OF: inessential