UNIMPORTANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not important

Example:

the question seems unimportant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

inconsequent; inconsequential (lacking worth or importance)

immaterial; indifferent ((often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other)

fiddling; footling; lilliputian; little; niggling; petty; picayune; piddling; piffling; trivial ((informal) small and of little importance)

lightweight (having no importance or influence)

nickel-and-dime; small-time (of minor importance)

potty ((British informal) trivial)

Also:

insignificant; unimportant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)

inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental)

meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)

Attribute:

importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)

Antonym:

important (of great significance or value)

Derivation:

unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)

unimportance (the state of being humble and unimportant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Devoid of importance, meaning, or force

Synonyms:

insignificant; unimportant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hole-and-corner; hole-in-corner (relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life)

flimsy; fragile; slight; tenuous; thin (lacking substance or significance)

inappreciable (too small to make a significant difference)

light (having little importance)

superficial; trivial (of little substance or significance)