unimportant

adjective

ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt How to pronounce unimportant (audio)
Definition of unimportantnext
as in minor
lacking importance we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct

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Recent Examples of unimportant Starting on this note reduces the chances that your soon-to-be ex will feel dismissed or unimportant. — Julia Ries, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025 In the latter, an anthropology student is consumed by her research on a rare female pharaoh that her colleagues dismiss as unimportant. — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025 Children in these households often feel abandoned and unimportant, and their self-esteem will be the first to suffer. — Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 The Hudson Post-Gazette, like most small-town newspapers, had always been the one place to get the kind of local news considered too boring or unimportant to be covered in the bigger papers of nearby cities. — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unimportant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimportant
  1. minor
  2. small
  3. little
  4. trivial
  5. worthless
  6. insignificant
  7. slight
Adjective
  • Many sparkling water brands, kombucha makers, and craft sodas favor glass bottles for sustainability and quality—but if not manufactured correctly, even minor defects can lead to unexpected breakage.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Even minor decisions had to be run up the church’s chain of command, say former members.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • In early December, Roberts returned to the place of his birth, traveling to the Japanese city of Naha on the small Pacific island of Okinawa to receive an official recognition from the municipality’s local government.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
  • There are other arguments for smaller capacity venues.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of small
Adjective
  • In many cases, these communities had gotten little federal attention for generations, Ortiz said.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of little
Adjective
  • Given this, there is no straightforward way to understand what a model is doing on an intuitive level, as from our perspective running inference on a model is nothing more than executing trillions of trivial operations such as addition and multiplication.
    — Rahul Gudise, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • And figuring out that amount was not a trivial task.
    — Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of trivial
Adjective
  • This makes any concessions congressional Democrats may be able to obtain from their Republican colleagues worthless.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • These pump-and-dump schemes artificially inflate stock prices, allowing the perpetrators to sell at a high price before the stock inevitably crashes, leaving investors with worthless shares.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of worthless
Adjective
  • Trump sees Canada as an insignificant global player and weak neighbor, and incapable of winning a trade war with us, officials say.
    — Axios, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
  • That said, exit velocity cannot be faked, and sharing company with the likes of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani isn’t insignificant.
    — Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of insignificant
Adjective
  • The bill released Saturday will fund the government through Sept. 30 and provide a slight boost to defense spending while making a moderate cut to non-defense programs.
    — Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Sugarcane honey is a concentrated form of sugarcane juice that has a slight licorice taste and a touch of bitterness.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of slight

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