| Main Entry: | unessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
avoidable, beside the point, dispensable, expendable, futile, inessential, irrelevant, needless, nonessential, optional, uncalled-for, unimportant, unneeded, unrequired, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |
| Main Entry: | gratuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not necessary |
Synonyms: |
assumed, baseless, bottomless, causeless, groundless, indefensible, inessential, needless, reasonless, supererogatory, superfluous, uncalled-for, unessential, unfounded, unjustified, unmerited, unprovoked, unsupportable, unwarranted, wanton |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
Antonyms: |
deserved, needed, reasonable, warranted |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
Synonyms: |
fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak |
Antonyms: |
big, great, important, large, significant |
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
bush-league, inadequate, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minor-league, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-fry, small-time, trifling, trivial, unessential |
Antonyms: |
distinguished, excellent, famous, fine, important, untrivial |
| Main Entry: | uncalled-for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, avoidable, fortuitous, futile, inappropriate, inessential, needless, nonessential, not required, optional, unessential, uninvited, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, unwarranted, unwelcome, useless |
| Main Entry: | unnecessary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not required |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
Antonyms: |
indispensable, necessary, needed, required |
| Main Entry: | worthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no use; without value |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, abject, barren, base, bogus, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, empty, futile, good-for-nothing, ignoble, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, inutile, meaningless, mediocre, miserable, no-account, no-good, nothing, nugatory, paltry, pointless, poor, profitless, sterile, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unusable, useless, valueless, waste, wretched |
Antonyms: |
valuable, worthwhile, worthy |
| Main Entry: | neither here nor there |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, irrelevant, nonessential, not at issue, nothing to do with the case, off the subject, unessential |
| Main Entry: | inessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |