nonfundamental
Of lesser importance
Nonfundamental describes something that isn't basic, essential, or primary—a secondary consideration rather than a core one.
The term appears most often in technical or academic contexts: nonfundamental research, nonfundamental particles.
In physics, nonfundamental particles are composite rather than elementary.
In finance, nonfundamental factors affect prices without reflecting underlying value.
One lower in rank
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- supplementaryServing to complete
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
supportive · complementary · adjunct · accessory · backup · contingent · provisional · interim
Barely adequate
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
- inessentialNot strictly necessary
- nonessentialNot required or needed
dispensable · trivial · minor · unimportant · negligible · superficial · fringe · borderline
subordinate
One lower in rank
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- supplementaryServing to complete
auxiliary · supportive · complementary · adjunct · accessory · backup · contingent · provisional · interim · stopgap
marginal
Barely adequate
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
- inessentialNot strictly necessary
nonessential · dispensable · trivial · minor · unimportant · negligible · superficial · fringe · borderline · sideline
nonfundamentalfundamental
Forming the base
essential · foundational · crucial · key · central
fundamental, fundamentally, fundamentals, fundament, fundamentalist, fundamentalism