How to Use inconsequential in a Sentence

inconsequential

adjective
  • At times, she’s been made to feel that her work is inconsequential.
    New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The more inconsequential the mood at the start, the more dead bodies at the end.
    New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • Many may seem inconsequential, but small changes add up and can have a big effect.
    Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Things that might have felt inconsequential not long ago mean a great deal today.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
  • That is not an inconsequential amount of work.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean a case at a child care center is inconsequential.
    Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Our presence seems as inconsequential as the death of a fruit fly.
    Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
  • Costs, to some, are almost inconsequential when so much is on the line.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The Celtics’ first move of the day was their most inconsequential.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • What was an inconsequential losing streak has now become a rude slap in the face.
    cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • As far as turnovers go, that one was pretty inconsequential.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But there is the not-inconsequential matter of the other side of the ball.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • But those inconsequential rabbit holes are part of what's fun about a high school story.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The result, as will be the case for the rest of the season, was inconsequential.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The full-length version of this phone call feels a little inconsequential now.
    Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Where was the anger or rage or spite, aside from in fleeting, inconsequential moments?
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Whatever rain fell from the clouds was largely inconsequential around the city and to the west.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • For many games, this would be an inconsequential way to set fans' expectations of what's to come.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020
  • Most of the movies he was assigned to review ranged from inconsequential to dismal.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
  • On their own, these signs may appear inconsequential.
    Kent Dicks, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But a promotion to the major league club seemed inconsequential at the time.
    New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • For some, the takeaway from these new glimpses into deep space might be that Earth is small and inconsequential.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • To them, truth is inconsequential and the only thing that matters is opinion.
    Guest Voices, AL.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Still, those felt inconsequential to Brandy, an artist who is at the peak of her powers after all these years.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • And compared with losing a child, the threat of spending a year or two in jail can seem almost inconsequential.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2017
  • Nor do the other migrants in the film stand out, the way even the most inconsequential white characters do.
    Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At the same time, identify the inconsequential things that fall outside of the make-or-breaks and stop doing them.
    Ed Rusch, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • The new format meant being in pot 4, the lowest seed, was more or less inconsequential.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Long stretches of games that feel inconsequential.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And this is perhaps the game’s greatest stumble, in that the first act can sometimes feel inconsequential.
    Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019

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