请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 unimportant
释义

unimportant

adjective

un·​im·​por·​tant ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt How to pronounce unimportant (audio)
 especially Southern US and New England  -tənt,
-dənt
: lacking in importance : not important : minor, trivial
unimportant details
a relatively unimportant problem
unimportantly adverb

Synonyms

  • fiddling
  • foolish
  • frivolous
  • incidental
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • little
  • Mickey Mouse
  • minor
  • minute
  • negligible
  • nugatory
  • slight
  • small
  • small-fry
  • trifling
  • trivial
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That may sound unimportant but Albertson’s, the second largest grocer in the U.S., has already signed up for it and other big grocers are in discussions. Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Campbell, who is Black, said families drowning in grief want honest answers and assurances; the race of the person providing that information is unimportant. Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Taiwanese officials facing the sanctions have largely hand-waved the gesture as pointless or unimportant. Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022 The reveals were too random and potentially unimportant in the past versions. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 July 2022 Guantánamo Bay is mostly unimportant for the editors, bookers, and producers who make decisions in newsrooms and television and radio studios around the country. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 6 July 2022 Passing seemed wholly unimportant in comparison to my fear for my basic human rights. refinery29.com, 1 July 2022 The fact that the images are being left to linger, with no serious effort yet from Donald Trump's orbit to say the depictions are wholly fabricated or simply unimportant, is one measure of their potential meaning. Rick Klein, ABC News, 29 June 2022 This is not to say that public hearings are substantively unimportant. Claire Leavitt, The Conversation, 7 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

unimportant

adjective

un·​im·​por·​tant
ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt
: not important
unimportant details

unimportant

adjective

as in minor
lacking importance we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • minor
  • small
  • little
  • trivial
  • insignificant
  • worthless
  • inconsequential
  • slight
  • frivolous
  • trifling
  • incidental
  • inconsiderable
  • negligible
  • foolish
  • nugatory
  • petty
  • minute
  • fiddling
  • small-fry
  • neither here nor there
  • obscure
  • Mickey Mouse
  • anonymous
  • unknown
  • jerkwater
  • uncelebrated
  • paltry
  • one-horse
  • nameless
  • small-time
  • nickel-and-dime

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • important
  • major
  • significant
  • meaningful
  • substantial
  • big
  • momentous
  • consequential
  • decisive
  • fatal
  • eventful
  • weighty
  • dominant
  • material
  • valuable
  • principal
  • prominent
  • remarkable
  • chief
  • worthy
  • outstanding
  • impressive
  • worthwhile
  • fateful
  • overriding
  • overbearing
  • distinctive
  • exceptional
  • unfrivolous
  • great
  • essential
  • fundamental
  • basic
  • distinguished
  • eminent
  • key
  • famous
  • prestigious
  • overmastering
  • illustrious
  • notorious
  • renowned
  • preeminent
  • all-important
See More
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 11:23:38