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subessential

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Less than essential; unimportant.

rare

Examples

“There were other things pressing, but look⟳ how subessential—continuing to read⟳ the pulp novel on the bed stand⟳, droning through the video game on the computer, phoning the new restaurant to ask⟳ the time of the early-bird special, […]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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