NONNECESSITY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

nonnecessity

noun

Definition of nonnecessity

as in incidental

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Noun

Select one qualifying airline to receive up to $200 back per year on baggage fees and other incidentals.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
That includes park tickets, lodging, meals, ground transportation, and incidentals for all three people.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 May 2026

Definition of incidental

Noun

The 538-foot-tall building is out of scale for a neighborhood of mostly buildings between four and six stories, and will contain just 34 luxury condos, some with their own private entrances and garages.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of luxury

Noun

David Attenborough’s nature specials sit alongside Emmy-winning originals like Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places, so there’s plenty here beyond typical streaming filler.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
The merger and streaming boom created more jobs than any period in the history of the business — many of them platform-filler corporate crimes.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of filler

Noun

During our bass outing, Wing continually rammed submerged stumps and sent Dunn and his equipment sprawling.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Gabriele Polcari, a Formula Medicine physiotherapist working with Lucchini, stated that cooling equipment is merely a last line of defense, with fitness preparation being the primary focus.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of equipment

Noun

That merger reduced the club’s holding in Barca Produccions and turned it into a subsidiary, though the year just past saw more share machinations.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
In 2024, a Veolia North America subsidiary sued the City-Parish of Baton Rouge after losing a bid for its wastewater operations and management contract, alleging the procurement process was unfair, noncompliant and guided by favoritism.

— Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsidiary

Noun

For those with kids, Family Concierge is designated for families who want the non-Adults-Only extras.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
These span paying extras out of pocket due to the low budget and — eventually — dealing with calls from tabloid journalists when Outrage!

— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of extra

Noun

The space will have labs dedicated to textiles, knitwear, embroidery, patternmaking, garment construction and prototyping and experimentation.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Peppiatt’s great-grandmother, the first in the lineage to professionalize crafting, was a lacemaker specializing in women’s gloves, and Peppiatt’s grandmother taught her artisanal embroidery skills.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of embroidery

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