unimportant
adjective
un·im·por·tant
ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 
especially Southern US and New England -tənt,
-dənt
unimportantly
adverb
Examples of unimportant in a Sentence
we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct
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This is not to say that the context in which statistics is applied is unimportant.
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Though there’s no official acknowledgment that the theory is sound, the series dropped hints all season, including calling the ship heaven, giving max a twin, having Avery panic over a (false) pregnancy and killing off unimportant characters.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 30 June 2025
This may seem like an unimportant fact when talking about one of America’s greatest writers, but Ed’s giggle came from the same place as his blush.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
The topics change, but the emotional undercurrent stays the same: one or both partners feel unimportant, unseen or unacknowledged.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Though there’s no official acknowledgment that the theory is sound, the series dropped hints all season, including calling the ship heaven, giving max a twin, having Avery panic over a (false) pregnancy and killing off unimportant characters.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 30 June 2025
This may seem like an unimportant fact when talking about one of America’s greatest writers, but Ed’s giggle came from the same place as his blush.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
The topics change, but the emotional undercurrent stays the same: one or both partners feel unimportant, unseen or unacknowledged.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unimportant
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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