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
Avoid getting agitated over something too unimportant to matter.
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Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
Here are some of the pettiest, most unimportant frustrations so far.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
Here are some of the pettiest, most unimportant frustrations so far.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimportant
Adjective
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Meanwhile, at home, small appliances might break down or a minor breakage could occur.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The cab’s dark interior seems to lure Rauschenberg in, but perhaps he was also drawn to the small round window, like a porthole, above the seat, which looks out at the distance behind the carriage.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Consider reshuffling your to-do list, because a small shift could save money and protect your energy.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But with Spokane creating little offensively, Andema laid the ball off along his own end line to defender Moussa Ndiaye to start a chaotic sequence that ended with the ball in the back of Boise’s net.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the ’90s, the peninsula was taken over by a string of summer-only nightclubs, with little regard for the natural surroundings or the ancient cemetery buried in the pine forest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But finding spare money is not a trivial task.—
Nara Parameswaran,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Maintaining that orchestration; keeping updates stable and synchronized; is not trivial.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The handwash sink next to the three-compartment sink proved worthless without soap, paper towels or a mechanical blower.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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In an economy where wages are anchored to what compute would cost to replicate human work, human labor becomes economically marginal—not worthless, but negligibly small relative to the overall pie.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There were 9,500 births to mothers who reported a foreign address, which is statistically insignificant.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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This is not insignificant, as delaying parenthood tends to affect the number of children a mother has.—
Manuela Castro,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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UConn came into the game as a slight underdog despite having beaten the Illini by 13 points at Madison Square Garden back in November.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Black One and Monoliths & Dimensions maintain a slight distance from the listener with a layer of reverb that softens the bone-crushing power of the guitars.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimportant. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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