as in unnecessary
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end
money's tight, so we'll have to skip nonessential purchases
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Recent Examples of nonessential
Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
The company strips out nonessential systems and designs each component around mass reduction.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Caitlyn Kim, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Industry analysts warn that social stigma remains high and inflation threatens to curb spending on experimental, nonessential goods.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
The company strips out nonessential systems and designs each component around mass reduction.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
Anything deemed nonessential would be put on hold, so Americans could experience delays with certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.
—Caitlyn Kim, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonessential
Adjective
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The purpose of minutes is to record the corporation’s decisions, not comments or discussions, so including open forum questions or comments is unnecessary.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Council should start by strengthening protections so that teaching artists can continue to serve the New Yorkers who need them without unnecessary delays.—
Kimberly Olsen,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Such extravagance was a departure from the norm at Anfield and, though Jacquet’s signing might suggest otherwise, big splurges are not expected to become routine.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Courage lies somewhere between cowardice and recklessness, generosity between stinginess and extravagance.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The extras do make that man-with-a-van operation pricier, though.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pinkerton explains how minimalists either decline them upfront or donate extras within a week to avoid clutter.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 6,500-square-foot three-story contemporary is minimalist in decor but teeming with superfluities, including an elevator, a first-floor gym, a screening room, an infrared sauna and a master-bedroom walk-in closet bigger (and tidier) than my SoHo apartment.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
29 July 2025
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After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Finally, North Korea is busy building luxury hotels, filled with top-class amenities such as outdoor hot tubs and ski-in ski-out lodges – but state media shows few actual guests.—
Maureen Ohare,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Liberty Hotel, Formerly Boston’s Charles Street Jail The Liberty Hotel is a 298-room luxury hotel located in Boston’s charming Beacon Hill neighborhood.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Recently, Shapiro has gone into attack mode against some of his fellow MAGA media stars, including Tucker Carlson, for their indulgence, if not outright support, of antisemites like Nick Fuentes.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Be prudent about your indulgences, but don’t feel the need to repress them for the sake of a wider audience who was never going to get it.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Nonessential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonessential. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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