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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Those tests that pick up most cancers tend to pick up other unimportant things as well — and those screening tests that are limited to discovering cancer often miss many people with the disease.
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That level of discipline is not common in retail, especially when outsiders think the business is unimportant.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Those will be underlying, unimportant issues for much of the year.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Indeed, Defendant’s failure to remedy his harassment sent a message that women’s complaints were unimportant further creating a hostile environment.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That level of discipline is not common in retail, especially when outsiders think the business is unimportant.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Those will be underlying, unimportant issues for much of the year.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Indeed, Defendant’s failure to remedy his harassment sent a message that women’s complaints were unimportant further creating a hostile environment.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unimportant
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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