unmomentousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnməˈmɛntəs/, U.S. /ˌənmoʊˈmɛn(t)əs/, /ˌənməˈmɛn(t)əs/ Of no great weight or consequence; unimportant.
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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
1735 P. Delany Revelation examined with Candour (new ed.) II. ii. 72 To pronounce what is little or unmomentous, in the..institutions of Almighty God.
1797 Reasons against National Despondency 45 A trivial and unmomentous occurrence.
1824 T. Campbell Theodric 168 How our fates from unmomentous things May rise!
1867 O. Boyle Jessie's Expiation II. v. 118 It was but ten days since the date of that apparently unmomentous event.
1950 Billboard 18 Mar. 117/2 Pleasant, if unmomentous disk.
1983 Hist. Today Aug. 47/2 John Birch Thomas enjoyed a long and, to our minds, unmomentous life.
2007 New Republic 10 Dec. 2/1 For a momentous event, Annapolis was singularly unmomentous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1735- half-plane
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- half-pounder
- half-pounder gun
- half-pounder shot
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- half-principle
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