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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Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The proliferation of transfers and their success at new programs has made college football pundits wonder if high school recruiting is becoming unimportant when building rosters.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
On the cover is a black and white photo of a man, a woman’s arms wrapped around his neck, her face out of focus and half out of frame, his eyes averted, his face handsome and pensive, her face unimportant.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The proliferation of transfers and their success at new programs has made college football pundits wonder if high school recruiting is becoming unimportant when building rosters.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
On the cover is a black and white photo of a man, a woman’s arms wrapped around his neck, her face out of focus and half out of frame, his eyes averted, his face handsome and pensive, her face unimportant.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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