Dictionary

inconsiderable en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle French inconsidérable. By surface analysis, in- + considerable.

Meanings

1. Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.
   • An NGTF statement will mean little to the world outside — which believes we are all leftists anyway — but it would have a real effect on those lesbians and gays, particularly those — and they are not inconsiderable — who support Reagan. 1984 August 11, Dennis Altman, “But What Does It Mean?”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:
   • There will be inconsiderable rises in British Railways day return fares in the London Area; those priced at 2s. and over are unchanged, as are the ordinary single fares. 1954 October, “Notes and News: London Fares Increase”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:
   • [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide. 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 83:
2. Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable.
   • It is not inconsiderable to me that all the above can simultaneously exist. 1996 December 7, ladyv, “The GPM and Alan Walters (fwd)”, in alt.clearing.technology (Usenet):

Forms

Deriveds

inconsiderableness · inconsiderably

Synonyms

pointless · inconsiderable · for the birds · piddling · minor · pissass · negligible · piteous · silly · contemptible · futile · insignificant · idle · ignorable · mean · trifling · negligible · pissant · paltry · petty · trivial · wretched · base · miserable · foolish · picayune · unconsiderable · indifferent · unimportant · two-bit · picayunish · piddly · nothingburger · frivolous · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · tin-pot · worthless · meager · pitiful · nondescript · slight · trivial · unweighty · simple · vain · immaterial · ticky-tacky · like a fart in a windstorm · inconsequential · null

Translations (7)

bg незначителен (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · ru малова́жный (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · ru малозна́чимый (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · bg маловажен (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · ru незначи́тельный (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · ru несуще́ственный (too unimportant to be worthy of attention) · ru нева́жный (too unimportant to be worthy of attention)