🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

unwesentlich

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈʊnˌvɛsəntlɪç/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inessential/ɪn.əˈsɛn.ʃəl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das sind unwesentliche Details."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not absolutely necessary; dispensable or lacking primary importance.

    "We need to cut all inessential expenses from the budget."
As noun
  1. 1

    Something that is not vital, crucial, or strictly required.

    "She packed only the essentials and left behind all the inessentials."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'essentialis', formed from 'essentia' (essence), with the prefix 'in-' (not) added in Late Middle English to denote a negation of being absolutely necessary or fundamental.

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