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UNIMPORTANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not important
Example:
the question seems unimportant
Classified under:
Similar:
inconsequent; inconsequential (lacking worth or importance)
immaterial; indifferent ((often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other)
fiddling; footling; lilliputian; little; niggling; petty; picayune; piddling; piffling; trivial ((informal) small and of little importance)
lightweight (having no importance or influence)
nickel-and-dime; small-time (of minor importance)
potty ((British informal) trivial)
Also:
insignificant; unimportant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental)
meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)
Attribute:
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
Antonym:
important (of great significance or value)
Derivation:
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
unimportance (the state of being humble and unimportant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Devoid of importance, meaning, or force
Synonyms:
insignificant; unimportant
Classified under:
Similar:
hole-and-corner; hole-in-corner (relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life)
flimsy; fragile; slight; tenuous; thin (lacking substance or significance)
inappreciable (too small to make a significant difference)
light (having little importance)
superficial; trivial (of little substance or significance)
Also:
unimportant (not important)
meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)
Attribute:
significance (the quality of being significant)
Derivation:
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
unimportance (the state of being humble and unimportant)
