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Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pawr-tnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɔr tnt



Definition of unimportant

Origin :
  • 1750, from un- (1) "not" + important. Used earlier in a sense of "unassuming, modest" (1727). Related: Unimportantly.
  • adj of no real worth, value
Example sentences :
  • And it made work, and all things else, look mean and poor and unimportant.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Unimportant as this may seem now, it then occasioned intense excitement.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • The beauty of women is unimportant but the number of women is very important.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Cornish made some unimportant remark, which the other did not answer.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • During the whole time we had all been, with unimportant exceptions, in good health.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • All truths valuable as they are characteristic.generality which renders it unimportant.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Or is it unimportant how many foggy days there are in his life?
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • The misadventures have been few and unimportant, the child I spoke of being the only one killed.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He had only some casual order, some message, some unimportant explanation.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • This story, however, has a brief but not unimportant sequel.
  • Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen

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