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单词 importless
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importlessadj.

Brit. /ˈɪmpɔːtləs/, /ɪmˈpɔːtləs/, U.S. /ˈɪmˌpɔrtləs/, /ᵻmˈpɔrtləs/
Forms: see import n. and -less suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: import n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < import n. + -less suffix.
That is without import or significance; trivial, unimportant; meaningless.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective]
toyous1581
unpregnant1604
unconcerning1612
immomenta1616
importlessa1616
nothinga1616
unmomentary1624
unimportingc1625
unessential1634
matterlessa1650
inconcerning1650
nugacious1652
of good, bad, etc., consequence1654
immomentary1662
immomentous1726
unmomentous1735
unimportant1750
unconsequential1769
inconsequential1782
nothingless1822
small fry1828
uninterest1890
non-entitious1952
nothingburger1965
a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) i. iii. 70 That matter needlesse of importlesse burthen Diuide thy lips.
1817 A. Hawkins tr. Claudian Wks. II. 68 Thou, no lifeless bodies, dragg'st around..; Nor with importless cruelty elate, Upon a single victim, wreak'st thy hate [L. nec vanam corpus meditaris in unum saevitiam].
1819 R. Carlile in Deist Ded. p. iv The ground of my anxiety to possess your patronage is not altogether importless, and I trust it will not be altogether unavailing.
1909 N. Griffith Dorrien Carfax xxxiii. 286 Success! How importless its sound! Fame! How empty its title!
2009 E. Sheffield Fort Da iv. 93 There was no intent to inform Samert that the episode in the Schneiderei had been an importless deviation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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