Definition of nonnecessity
plural nonnecessities
1
: the condition of not being necessary
- … the issues being raised go well beyong legalities underlying the necessity or nonnecessity for an environmental impact statement.
- —Chemical and Engineering News
2
: something that is not a necessity : something inessential or unnecessary
- … I had no intimation that … the government would permit shipment of such nonnecessities.
- —Neil G. Carey
