unimportant
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːrtənt/
- 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.
- This is so unimportant, but she's talking.
- Don't cast those aside as unimportant as, oh, this should happen.
- It's not that I think it's unimportant, it just didn't stick.
- And the thing to remember really, we are in a relatively unimportant place.
- You you don't hear about the unimportant things.
- So these fuel pools look like they're unimportant.
- And anything above the pursuit of self realization is seen as unimportant at that stage of life.
- I mean, distraction allows you to do things that are unimportant in place of things that are very meaningful.
- I think that for a lot of people, it just comes down to feeling unimportant, feeling unseen, feeling ignored.
- So our body doesn't use taurine to build proteins with, but that does not make it unimportant for the optimal function of human beings.
- It's off topic as as a Dean I know would say not business central, you know, and so therefore unimportant, not quantifiable, not quantifiable.
- But I think we have to honor our own life experience and not dismiss it as unimportant.
Examples
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The meeting was about unimportant matters that could easily be postponed.
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The situation we hope to change becomes unimportant to us.
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And the thing to remember really, we are in a relatively unimportant place.
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Just one of those little unimportant details I handle for you.
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And all other facts, as far as you are concerned, are unimportant, and you should waste no time with them.
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And so I view it as a kind of unimportant question, whether I'm one or the other.
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Because he was deemed unimportant to the story.
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Now, whether you consider me a devil or a saint is unimportant.
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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
Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point
Not important or serious
Not important or too small to matter
Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about
Not important and not likely to make a difference
More than what is needed or useful
Not important or relevant to a situation
Not needed for something to work or be successful
Not necessary or useful in a situation
Too small or not important enough to matter
Not important and safe to leave out
Too small or not important to matter
Not important because it may be due to chance or too small to matter
A thing you do not need and can leave behind
Not needed for the main purpose
Not important and having little effect on events
Not important or worth worrying about
Not important or serious compared with other things
Not related to what is being discussed
Too small to notice or to change anything
Not solid, strong, or important
Not important and does not affect the main point
Antonyms
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.