1
as in small
lacking importance
the duties of the club's vice president are inconsiderable by any standard
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2
as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
an inconsiderable number of complaints about the car seat
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Recent Examples of inconsiderable
The base Taycan, which starts at a not-inconsiderable $86,700 for the 2023 model year makes do with just a single electric motor driving the rear wheels.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsiderable
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The Liberals' smallest lead was in a poll conducted by Innovative Research among 1,548 Canadian citizens, which showed the party with a lead of just 2 points, on 36 percent to the Conservatives' 34 percent—a lead within the poll's 3 percent margin of error.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Retail trade, which includes small and large clothing stores, lost 6,700 jobs, around 5,500 of which were not in department stores.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Making one bet at a slight little edge is not going to have a huge effect on someone's bracket.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Zero Day held a slight lead with 1.84 billion minutes of viewing to 1.81 billion for Reacher.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The incident, while ultimately only a minor one, did impact the rest of their vacation.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Mar. 2025
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According to expert estimates, India needs to spend around $100 billion per year, or 2.8% of current nominal GDP, to achieve net-zero power sector emissions by 2070.—
Radhika Kak, independent researcher at Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, partner at BCG,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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And despite the dynamic, positive feedback of the recovery, there is little evidence of fresh dollar inflows at this point.—
Guy Petcho,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Nintendo officially confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 via a teaser trailer that reveals the hybrid console, a plan for a Nintendo Direct on April 2 to give more details, and very little else.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
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His drunk mother-in-law, Nan (Jane Curtin), takes too long to share too much insignificant information.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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No matter how insignificant our individual choices may appear, our choices matter.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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To those who don’t yet own an EV, a robust infrastructure may seem unimportant.—
Wally Rippel,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Mar. 2025
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Saying that facts are constructed through social processes is not the same as saying facts are unimportant or made up.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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With that much water needed for even the most trifling tasks, the natural question becomes: How does that water reach those data centers, let alone the world’s farms and factories?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2010
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And yet the movie’s insularity feels trifling and empty.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2024
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“Inconsiderable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsiderable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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