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  • 61nonessential — adj 1. unnecessary, unneeded, needless, superfluous, redundant, expendable, dispensable, unrequired, uncalled for, gratuitous; unimportant, of little or small importance, of no or no great importance, inconsequential, of little or no consequence …

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  • 62secondary — adj 1. second, next. See second(defs. 1, 2). 2. derived, derivative, not primary, indirect; inferential, mediate, implicative. 3. lesser, less, lower, smaller; inferior, minor, junior; auxiliary, ancillary, subsidiary, subordinate, subaltern;… …

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  • 63supplementary — adj 1. additional, additory, added, appended, attached, annexed, suffixed, supplemental, codicillary; complementary, accompanying, attendant, accessory, accessorial, concomitant, concurrent; sup pletory, compensatory, upgrading, boosting. 2.… …

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  • 64unessential — adj 1. unnecessary, unneeded, needless, superfluous, redundant, expendable, dispensable, unrequired, uncalled for, unasked for, gratuitous; negligible, unimportant, of little or small importance, of no importance, of no great importance,… …

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  • 65-itious — aff. a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, usu. formed from Latin past participles adventitious; fictitious[/ex] and in adjectives formed in English on the Latin model adscititious; expeditious[/ex] • Etymology: < ML ītius,… …

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  • 66ascititious — |asə|tishəs variant of adscititious …

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  • 67ad´sci|ti´tious|ly — ad|sci|ti|tious «AD suh TIHSH uhs», adjective. added or derived from outside; supplemental; additional: »adscititious customs alien to the tribe. SYNONYM(S): adventitious, extrinsic. ╂[< Latin adscītus accepted (ultimately < ad to + scīre… …

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  • 68ad|sci|ti|tious — «AD suh TIHSH uhs», adjective. added or derived from outside; supplemental; additional: »adscititious customs alien to the tribe. SYNONYM(S): adventitious, extrinsic. ╂[< Latin adscītus accepted (ultimately < ad to + scīre know) + English… …

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