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unimportant

unimportant

54 1.9
Not worth attention or notice
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːrtənt/
translation icon : insignificante
  • The differences were already unimportant; eventually, they would cease to exist for him.
  • very unimportant
  • relatively unimportant
  • rather unimportant

This is so unimportant, but she's talking.

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Examples

  • The meeting was about unimportant matters that could easily be postponed.

  • The situation we hope to change becomes unimportant to us.

  • And the thing to remember really, we are in a relatively unimportant place.

  • Just one of those little unimportant details I handle for you.

  • And all other facts, as far as you are concerned, are unimportant, and you should waste no time with them.

  • And so I view it as a kind of unimportant question, whether I'm one or the other.

  • Because he was deemed unimportant to the story.

  • Now, whether you consider me a devil or a saint is unimportant.

  • The fire was just one more unimportant event in his drab existence.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I think that for a lot of people, it just comes down to feeling unimportant, feeling unseen, feeling ignored.

Synonyms

irrelevant
vsunimportant
355 3.6

Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point

focuses on not being connected rather than always lacking worth
trivial
vsunimportant
121 3.9

Not important or serious

covers general lack of worth beyond mere small value
insignificant
vsunimportant
104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

applies more generally not only because of small size
negligible
vsunimportant
31 5.6

Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about

is broader applying to lack of worth even when not about size
inconsequential
vsunimportant
29 7.7

Not important and not likely to make a difference

means lacking real impact across situations rather than only outcomes
superfluous
vsunimportant
22 7.0

More than what is needed or useful

implies being surplus to needs rather than general lack of worth
immaterial
vsunimportant
19 7.2

Not important or relevant to a situation

refers more generally to things with no effect or worth
nonessential
vsunimportant
11 4.4

Not needed for something to work or be successful

means lacking general worth rather than lacking strict necessity
unneeded
vsunimportant
7 2.3

Not necessary or useful in a situation

refers more widely to having no real value not just lack of need
inconsiderable
vsunimportant
3 6.8

Too small or not important enough to matter

means lacking value in general not limited to small size
ignorable
vsunimportant
1 5.6

Not important and safe to leave out

describes general lack of worth rather than only being permissible to ignore
piffling
vsunimportant
1 8.6

Too small or not important to matter

lacks real value rather than only being dismissive in tone
nonsignificant
vsunimportant
  • Specialized
1 6.0

Not important because it may be due to chance or too small to matter

applies to general lack of worth outside measured statistical contexts
inessential
vsunimportant
1 5.5

A thing you do not need and can leave behind

is about general lack of value rather than merely not being required
unessential
vsunimportant
1 5.0

Not needed for the main purpose

expresses lack of general worth rather than purely not being vital
unmomentous
vsunimportant
6.8

Not important and having little effect on events

speaks broadly about lacking value or need for attention
matterless
vsunimportant
7.9

Not important or worth worrying about

captures the general idea of not deserving notice or care
inconsequent
vsunimportant
9.1

Not important or serious compared with other things

expresses general lack of value not limited to small effects
nonpertinent
vsunimportant
6.9

Not related to what is being discussed

is about general lack of worth not only lack of relation
inappreciable
vsunimportant
9.2

Too small to notice or to change anything

means lack of value generally not only being too small to notice
nonsubstantial
vsunimportant
7.0

Not solid, strong, or important

highlights small value rather than necessity or relation to topic
nonsubstantive
vsunimportant
7.0

Not important and does not affect the main point

concerns lack of weight on the main issue not general worth

Antonyms

1.0

A person or thing that matters a lot

2.5

Important and big enough to make a difference

How Important

vital
403 3.5
crucial
469 3.6
important
1.0
minor
600 2.4
unimportant
54 1.9

Surface Forms

unimportant positive
unmore important comparative
unmost important superlative

Morphology

unimportant = important (transparent) = un + important

The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates 'important', yielding 'not important', which is easily understood by B1 learners.

Etymology

The word unimportant starts with un- ('not') and the rest, important, comes from a word meaning 'to carry weight', the same idea you see in transport ('to carry'). So something unimportant is 'not carrying weight' and therefore not worth attention.