unimportant
adjective
un·im·por·tant
ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 
especially Southern US and New England -tənt,
-dənt
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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Protect your time and use something like the Eisenhower Matrix to let go of nonurgent or unimportant activities.
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Denise Russo, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Everything else is unimportant compared to being honest about your love to people.
—David Chiu, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In future decades and centuries, economic archaeologists will marvel that what was so unimportant was taken so seriously.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Maintaining endowment strength is not unimportant, but spending power without academic freedom also buys you moral bankruptcy.
—Michael S. Roth, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Denise Russo, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Everything else is unimportant compared to being honest about your love to people.
—David Chiu, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In future decades and centuries, economic archaeologists will marvel that what was so unimportant was taken so seriously.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Maintaining endowment strength is not unimportant, but spending power without academic freedom also buys you moral bankruptcy.
—Michael S. Roth, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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