inconsequentialadj.
/ɪnkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ Characterized by inconsequence; the opposite of consequential adj. (in senses 3 – 6).
1. Characterized by inconsequence of reasoning, thought, or speech; = inconsequent adj. 1 – 3.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > incongruous, inconsistent
inconvenient1398
inconsequent1579
inconsequential1623
absonous1642
unconsequential1769
1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes Introd. sig. A So vtterly inconsequentiall, are all arguments pretended against the diuine right of Tything.
1650 O. Cromwell Let. 12 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 337 I cannot let such a gross mistake and inconsequential reasonings pass without some notice taken of them.
1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence iii. 117 The loose and inconsequential Reasoner..in his wild ramble may happen to light upon Truth.
1781 S. Johnson Somerville in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IX. 5 The fiction is unnatural, and the moral inconsequential.
1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 132 I do not say that such reasoning is, necessarily, inconsequential or unfair.
2. Of no consequence; = inconsequent adj. 4.
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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
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 124 As my time is not wholly inconsequential, I should not be sorry to have an early opportunity of being heard.
1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 339 A circumstance, which may appear inconsequential to a reader, may bear some remote or latent connexion.
1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains xii. 306 An affair too simple and inconsequential for gentlemen of our heroic mould.
Derivatives
inconsequential n.
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1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xiii. 277 Exchanging inconsequentials and blandly taking each other's measure.
1936 Mind 45 334 The three protagonists may actually hold a few inconsequentials in common.
1957 Economist 2 Nov. 436 (advt.) News never buried under frothy inconsequentials.
inconseˈquentialism n. inconsequential or disconnected nature.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy
impertinency1569
irrelevancy1592
impertinence1616
inapplicability1673
inconsequentness1727
inapplicationa1806
inconsequence1842
irrelevance1842
far-fetchednessa1849
inconsequentiality1850
inappositeness1893
inconsequentialism1893
inconsequentialness1931
non-status1964
1893 National Observer 15 Apr. 544/2 A practice that from its inconsequentialism was always pleasing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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