unimportant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔɹtənt/ (General-American)
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpoə.tənt/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (US) audio
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtənt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English important English unimportant From un- + important.
Meanings
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petty; not important or noteworthy
It’s to the credit of this remarkable writer that those absences seem unimportant beside what is so rousingly present.
2009 July 12, David Orr, “Too Close to Touch”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unimportant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unimportant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
futile · indifferent · two-bit · piteous · minor · like a fart in a windstorm · picayune · piddling · petty · trivial · pitiful · immaterial · frivolous · contemptible · pointless · miserable · unimportant · simple · inconsequential · meager · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · ignorable · foolish · wretched · silly · slight · insignificant · null · inconsiderable · negligible · vain · idle · trifling · mean · nothingburger · pissant · paltry · for the birds · pissass · tin-pot · worthless · piddly · unweighty · base · ticky-tacky · nondescript · picayunish
Translations (39)
mi korokororiki (not important or noteworthy) · mhr изи (not important or noteworthy) · es sin importancia (not important or noteworthy) · gl intranscendente (not important or noteworthy) · fi vähäinen (not important or noteworthy) · pl bez znaczenia (not important or noteworthy) · ru нева́жный (not important or noteworthy) · hu nem fontos (not important or noteworthy) · pt desimportante (not important or noteworthy) · mi kūrapa (not important or noteworthy) · da uvigtig (not important or noteworthy) · nn uviktig (not important or noteworthy) · ka არამნიშვნელოვანი (not important or noteworthy) · ka უმნიშვნელო (not important or noteworthy) · sh неважан (not important or noteworthy) · cmn 不重要 (not important or noteworthy) · ca intranscendent (not important or noteworthy) · uk неважли́вий (not important or noteworthy) · sh nevažan (not important or noteworthy) · ja 重要でない (not important or noteworthy) · bg маловажен (not important or noteworthy) · fi vähämerkityksellinen (not important or noteworthy) · cs nedůležitý (not important or noteworthy) · mi iti (not important or noteworthy) · nb uviktig (not important or noteworthy) · tr önemsiz (not important or noteworthy) · ca irrelevant (not important or noteworthy) · ota یسیر (not important or noteworthy) · el ασήμαντος (not important or noteworthy) · fr sans importance (not important or noteworthy) · pl nieważny (not important or noteworthy) · eo malgrava (not important or noteworthy) · es poco importante (not important or noteworthy) · nl onbelangrijk (not important or noteworthy) · sv oviktig (not important or noteworthy) · de unwichtig (not important or noteworthy) · hu lényegtelen (not important or noteworthy) · ro neimportant (not important or noteworthy) · gl irrelevante (not important or noteworthy)