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
To those who don’t yet own an EV, a robust infrastructure may seem unimportant.
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Wally Rippel, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2025
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
But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.
—Adam Chandler, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Council President Joe LaCava defended the city’s focus on something so relatively unimportant compared to closing a $258 million deficit that is expected to require substantial budget cuts.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Wally Rippel, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2025
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
But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.
—Adam Chandler, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Council President Joe LaCava defended the city’s focus on something so relatively unimportant compared to closing a $258 million deficit that is expected to require substantial budget cuts.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimportant
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
Adjective
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Teeny loves keeping the German shepherds and Bernese Mountain dog in line, despite being much smaller.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Braves aren’t even one-sixteenth into their season, and a nine-game sample is much too small to provide an accurate predictor of where a team will end up.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even with Hollywood’s diminished state in China, the film business is one sector where the U.S. maintains a sizable trade surplus with its geopolitical rival, as Chinese films, despite their enormous earnings in the home market, have made little headway with mainstream North American moviegoers.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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For starters, the clear formula comes in a cute little bottle that looks more like a serum than tanning drops.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The biggest reason: New York’s discovery law allows cases to be dismissed even for trivial, fixable discovery violations.—
Jane Manning,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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If anything, becoming a weird little guy, by my definition, is about rejecting the despair that leads down those kinds of regressive paths, and daring to care about something, even — and perhaps especially — if that something might seem kind of dumb or trivial to the outside world.—
James Factora,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What this means isn’t that this music is cheap or worthless.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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So restricted in scope as to be nearly worthless and thus is rarely utilized.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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When life feels overwhelming, self-care might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things.—
Tess Brigham,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That’s not an insignificant amount of money for a burgeoning industry.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The rear camera's OIS yields mostly smooth video, but there's some slight bumpiness here and there.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Dawn came on chilly with a slight overcast and a light breeze.—
Jeffrey A. Brunk,
Outdoor Life,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimportant. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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