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Recent Examples of inessential The season ended, the credits rolled, and I was tossed into the abyss of inessential programming. Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 When photography went digital, photo lab technicians and manual retouchers were suddenly as inessential as medieval scribes. Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 The remaining seven undisputed songs, including forgettable Akon and Lenny Kravitz collaborations, make for a slight and inessential collection. Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025 Though somewhat inessential, Far From Home is a fun diversion with a killer mid-credits sequence that beautifully sets up the third film. Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inessential

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“Inessential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inessential. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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