Opposite of superlative for essential or highly important
“It was the type of luxury but inessential furnishing that proliferated in type and quantity in sixteenth-century Venice.”
Opposite of superlative for energetic or lively
“There were no excuses from the Harrison camp but the Scottish fighter looked untypically listless for much of the fight.”
Opposite of superlative for indispensable to the continuance of life
“For the fact that a brainless trout can perform the same actions as a whole fish does not prove that the trout's brain is an unnecessary organ.”
Opposite of superlative for serving to refresh or reinvigorate the body or mind
“This debilitating disorder manifests itself in other symptoms, such as cataplexy.”
Opposite of superlative for containing life
“Mystery surrounds the presence of all these dead fish in the river.”
(rare) Opposite of superlative for causing, or resulting in, death
“Nonfatal bites from venomous snakes may result in the need for amputation of a limb or part thereof.”
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