noncrucial

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ crucial.

Adjective

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noncrucial (not comparable)

  1. Not crucial:
    Antonym: crucial
    1. Not essential; not vital.
      Synonyms: noncritical, nonessential
      Antonyms: crucial, critical
      Coordinate terms: important; desirable; optional; unimportant; negligible
      • 2015 August 28, “Experimental Evidence on Iterated Reasoning in Games”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
        It is worth noting that subjects invest considerable amounts of time on the noncrucial turns (i.e. on average about 16 seconds), but these investments have no payoff.