as in negligibility
the quality or state of being unimportant
up to that point his life had been one largely marked by inconsequence
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in consequence
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as in so
for this or that reason
She got a flat tire on the way to work; in consequence, she arrived an hour late.
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Recent Examples of inconsequence
Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Linda, frustrated by her life of inconsequence, seeks refuge in a snack pack of sour cream and onion chips because all feelings are edible on Impeachment.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021
Gopis — the lovely female cowherds that exist in Hindu mythology in the role of flirts and lovers of the god Krishna — free themselves from their narrative inconsequence, becoming powerful and even aggressive rather than merely decorative.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
Revivals endow the past with the charm of distance and inconsequence.
—Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Noun
Kushner heaps flashback upon flashback; minor characters flare promisingly to life—a creepy uncle of Lucien’s, a disgruntled ex-Moulinard—before sputtering out, victims of their own inconsequence.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Linda, frustrated by her life of inconsequence, seeks refuge in a snack pack of sour cream and onion chips because all feelings are edible on Impeachment.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021
Gopis — the lovely female cowherds that exist in Hindu mythology in the role of flirts and lovers of the god Krishna — free themselves from their narrative inconsequence, becoming powerful and even aggressive rather than merely decorative.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
Revivals endow the past with the charm of distance and inconsequence.
—Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsequence
Noun
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Identify every instance of victim language, limitation beliefs, or smallness thinking.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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His groundbreaking work reveals how a hidden epidemic of insignificance is quietly eroding engagement, trust, and performance in organizations, and what leaders can do to reverse it.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Inconsequence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsequence. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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