as in minor
lacking importance
we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct
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Recent Examples of unimportant
Here are some of the pettiest, most unimportant frustrations so far.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
—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
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimportant
Adjective
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The woman had minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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Leigh Wambsganss, the Republican candidate and a Mercy Culture ally, had become a minor MAGA celebrity, owing to her role in facilitating a far-right takeover of the area’s school boards.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Modern warfare has shown that traditional radar systems often struggle to identify and monitor many small drones flying together.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Adjust a subscription or renegotiate a small fee, then record the change, because tracking progress reinforces confidence and protects your careful planning.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Boston bats made little noise all night in North Port.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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But even this caricature is more than what’s afforded to Zoe (Iris Apatow) and her Deaf sister Chloe (Millicent Simmonds), whose collective function is the former interpreting for the latter in American Sign Language, but little else.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Users across social media responded to the TMZ headline with a wave of sarcastic comments, each one poking at how trivial the original report seemed.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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The difference isn’t trivial, either.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The schemer makes out with bags of money, while the followers are left with nearly worthless assets.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
12 Mar. 2026
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The conventional newsgathering institutions have been worthless in getting to the bottom of anything, especially the billion-dollar why question.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At this point, however, this news is neither insignificant nor horrible.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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There’s so much to be discussed discussing the advisability of starting a war, the cost of insurance coverage or loss of cargo is likely insignificant.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Also, God forbid, but the examining team might need to unstitch a section of the dress, and there was just the slightest chance that it wouldn’t be put back exactly as it had been received.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Yet by the end of Saturday night, there were slight glimmers of optimism for a team that hasn’t had much to cheer for this season.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimportant. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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