nonvital
Can be skipped
Nonvital describes something not essential to life or function.
In medicine, nonvital organs or tissues can be removed without killing the patient.
More broadly, nonvital matters are unimportant or peripheral: We can skip the nonvital agenda items.
The word often appears in contexts where someone is distinguishing what must be preserved from what can be sacrificed.
Able to be sacrificed
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- inessentialNot strictly necessary
- unessentialNot strictly needed
- replaceableAble to be exchanged
unnecessary · unneeded · superfluous · surplus · redundant · extraneous · optional · disposable
Giving additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
accessory · adjunct · supporting · complementary · subordinate · backup · reserve · spare
Lacking importance or consequence
- minorScale with lowered third
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
trifling · petty · piddling · picayune · nugatory · paltry · frivolous · immaterial
expendable
Able to be sacrificed
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- inessentialNot strictly necessary
- unessentialNot strictly needed
replaceable · unnecessary · unneeded · superfluous · surplus · redundant · extraneous · optional · disposable · detachable
auxiliary
Giving additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
peripheral · accessory · adjunct · supporting · complementary · subordinate · backup · reserve · spare · collateral
insignificant
Lacking importance or consequence
- minorScale with lowered third
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
unimportant · trifling · petty · piddling · picayune · nugatory · paltry · frivolous · immaterial · inappreciable