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Antonyms for unimportant
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : im-pawr-tnt |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɔr tnt |
Definition of unimportant
Origin :- 1750, from un- (1) "not" + important. Used earlier in a sense of "unassuming, modest" (1727). Related: Unimportantly.
- adj of no real worth, value
- And it made work, and all things else, look mean and poor and unimportant.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Unimportant as this may seem now, it then occasioned intense excitement.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- The beauty of women is unimportant but the number of women is very important.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Cornish made some unimportant remark, which the other did not answer.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- During the whole time we had all been, with unimportant exceptions, in good health.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- All truths valuable as they are characteristic.generality which renders it unimportant.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Or is it unimportant how many foggy days there are in his life?
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- The misadventures have been few and unimportant, the child I spoke of being the only one killed.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- He had only some casual order, some message, some unimportant explanation.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- This story, however, has a brief but not unimportant sequel.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
Synonyms for unimportant
- beside the point
- casual
- frivolous
- frothy
- immaterial
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- indifferent
- insignificant
- irrelevant
- little
- low-ranking
- meaningless
- minor
- minute
- negligible
- nonessential
- nothing
- nugatory
- null
- of no account
- of no consequence
- paltry
- petty
- picayune
- second-rate
- shoestring
- slight
- trifling
- trivial
- unnecessary
- useless
- worthless
- zero
- zilch
- zip
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