unconsequentialadj.
1. Not properly or necessarily following or ensuing; inconsequential.
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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
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > incongruous, inconsistent
inconvenient1398
inconsequent1579
inconsequential1623
absonous1642
unconsequential1769
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 37 A, though accessory to the burning, is not accessory to the robbery, for that is a thing of a distinct and unconsequential nature.
1779 S. Johnson Waller in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 96 Some applications may be thought too remote and unconsequential; as in the verses on the Lady dancing.
a1849 E. A. Poe F. S. Osgood in Wks. (1865) III. 90 The ‘situations’ of Elfrida are improbable or ultra-romantic, and its incidents unconsequential.
1885 Athenæum 19 Dec. 804/3 Her punishment is..too unconsequential to be accepted as a natural transcript from every-day life.
2. Of no consequence; insignificant.
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1782 I. Reed Baker's Biogr. Dramatica I. 187/2 Notwithstanding an unconsequential figure and uncommon timidity, he says, he succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 146 [It] is..crowded with small unconsequential figures.
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