Synonyms of unimportant

unimportant

adjective

ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 

as in minor

lacking importance

we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct

Synonyms & Similar Words

• minor
• small
• little
• trivial
• worthless
• insignificant
• slight
• inconsequential
• frivolous
• incidental
• trifling
• inconsiderable
• negligible
• foolish
• nugatory
• petty
• minute
• neither here nor there
• small-fry
• Mickey Mouse
• fiddling
• one-horse
• obscure
• anonymous
• unknown
• small-time
• jerkwater
• paltry
• uncelebrated
• nameless
• nickel-and-dime

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• important
• major
• significant
• substantial
• meaningful
• big
• momentous
• consequential
• fatal
• decisive
• eventful
• material
• dominant
• weighty
• principal
• valuable
• chief
• prominent
• outstanding
• remarkable
• fateful
• impressive
• worthy
• overriding
• worthwhile
• distinctive
• exceptional
• overbearing
• great
• unfrivolous
• essential
• distinguished
• basic
• fundamental
• eminent
• famous
• key
• prestigious
• illustrious
• overmastering
• notorious
• all-important
• renowned
• preeminent

Examples of unimportant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Five were ZoneAlarm bait files, and the other three were unimportant ancillary files. —PCMAG, 30 July 2024

Without the women across various industries who came forward, one wonders, would there have been urgency to pursue cases against Jeffrey Epstein and R. Kelly — or would victims’ claims get written off as unreliable or unimportant? —Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 2 May 2024

In what is a testament to their ownership group, the Dodgers have made the regular season unimportant. —Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024

Also on tap for midseason is Going Dutch, a live-action comedy starring Denis Leary as a U.S. Army colonel reassigned to an extremely unimportant base in the Netherlands. —Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024