External
External adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.
Usage example: the defendant's socioeconomic status must be regarded as entirely external to his guilt or innocence
Unessential and external are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unessential" instead an adjective "External".
Unessential
Unessential adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
External and unessential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "External" instead an adjective "Unessential".
Nearby Word: unessentially
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- alien and external
- alien and unessential
- unimportant and external
- unimportant and unessential
- insignificant and external
- insignificant and unessential
- superficial and external
- superficial and unessential
- slight and external
- slight and unessential
- nonessential and external
- nonessential and unessential
- trivial and external
- trivial and unessential
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Unessential and External. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/external/unessential
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Unessential or External. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/external/unessential.
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