Meaning of unessentials | Babel Free

Definitions

Things that are not essential.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“For our part, we cannot help⟳ regretting that the un'''essentials of religion should, in any case, be confounded with its essentials; for nothing, we are certain, has so much hurt⟳ the cause of religion.”

“[…] Jameson was encumbered by artillery, ammunition, and rifles. The facts of the battle show⟳ that he should have⟳ had none of those things along. They were heavy, they were in his way, they impeded his march⟳. There was nothing to shoot⟳ at but rocks—he knew quite well that there would be nothing to shoot⟳ at but rocks—and he knew that artillery and rifles have⟳ no effect upon rocks. He was badly overloaded with unessentials.”

“Hers was no wholesome labor in which she could find⟳ sacred forgetfulness. It was the round of unessentials which all office-women know⟳ so desperately well.”

“We have⟳ quite removed from men’s minds what that pestilent fellow Paul used to teach⟳ about food and other unessentials—namely, that the human without scruples should always give⟳ in to the human with scruples.”

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