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

Examples of unimportant in a Sentence

we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct
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Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unimportant was in 1750

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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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