unimportant
/'ʌnim'pɔ:tənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking significance, meaning, or force: Describes something that has little or no consequence, value, or impact.
- Not important: Describes something that is trivial, minor, or of little concern in a given context.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The typo in the email was unimportant and did not affect the message.
- He dismissed the criticism as unimportant gossip.
- Whether we go today or tomorrow is unimportant; the main thing is that we go.
Advanced Usage
- "to consider something unimportant": to judge or regard something as having little significance.
- She considered the details unimportant and focused on the big picture.
- "to render something unimportant": to cause something to become insignificant.
- The new discovery rendered the old theory unimportant.
Variants and Related Words
- Unimportantly (adverb): in an unimportant manner.
- He spoke unimportantly of his past achievements.
- Unimportance (noun): the state or quality of being unimportant.
- The unimportance of the issue was clear to everyone.
Synonyms
- Insignificant: too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
- Trivial: of little value or importance.
- Minor: lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
- Negligible: so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering.
Antonyms
- Important: of great significance or value.
- Significant: sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention.
- Crucial: of great importance.
- Vital: absolutely necessary or important.
Related Phrases
- "of little/no importance": a phrase with a meaning very similar to "unimportant".
- The decision was of little importance to the overall project.
- "to make light of": to treat something as unimportant (often a problem or difficulty).
- He tried to make light of his injury, but it was quite serious.
Adjective
- devoid of importance, meaning, or force
- not important
- a relatively unimportant feature of the system
- the question seems unimportant