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subessential

adj

Etymology

From sub- + essential.

  1. derived from essentia
  2. borrowed from essentiālis
  3. prefixed as subessential — “sub + essential”

Definitions

  1. Less than essential

    Less than essential; unimportant.

    • There were other things pressing, but look how subessential—continuing to read the pulp novel on the bed stand, droning through the video game on the computer, phoning the new restaurant to ask the time of the early-bird special, […]

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