unimportant
UK/ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt//ˌʌnɪmˈpɔɹtənt/
unimportant adjective: petty; not important or noteworthy.
Adjective
unimportant (comparative more unimportant, superlative most unimportant)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial
- Antonyms:
- important
unimportant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unimportant in Hindi
- unimportant
- क्षुद्र kṣudra
unimportant in Tamil
- சிறப்பற்ற
unimportant in Marathi
- महत्वहीन
unimportant in Urdu
- ادنیٰ, غیرضروری, خفیف, معمولی
More languagesFewer languages
- unimportant in Bengali
- হালকা halka
- unimportant in Telugu
- ప్రాముఖ్యత లేనిది
- unimportant in Malayalam
- പ്രധാനമല്ലാത്ത, പ്രാധാന്യമില്ലാത്ത, കാര്യമില്ലാത്ത, അസാരം
- unimportant in Kannada
- ಮುಖ್ಯವಲ್ಲದ
- unimportant in Punjabi
- ਮਹੱਤਵਹੀਣ
- unimportant in Gujarati
- બિનમહત્વપૂર્ણ, મહત્વહીન, મહત્ત્વહીન
- unimportant in Odia
- ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱହୀନ, ଗୁରୁତ୍ବହୀନ
- unimportant in Sanskrit
- ह्रस्व hrasvá
- unimportant in Nepali
- महत्वहीन, महत्त्वहीन
Examples of unimportant in a sentence
- Sometimes, mismerges occur due to unimportant matching lines (for example, braces from distinct functions).
- If she felt unimportant, you showed her that she was important to you.
- Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event.
Synonyms of unimportant
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Antonyms
Forms of unimportant
| comparative | more unimportant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unimportant |
Origin of unimportant
From un- + important.
Words formed from unimportant
Questions about unimportant
- What does unimportant mean?
- Unimportant means petty; not important or noteworthy.
- What is unimportant in Hindi?
- Unimportant in Hindi is क्षुद्र (kṣudra). See Unimportant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unimportant?
- Unimportant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unimportant?
- Unimportant is pronounced /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt/ (UK).
Words near unimportant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unimportant (page history and authors); क्षुद्र (Hindi) (page history and authors); unimportant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unimportant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unimportant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); হালকা (Bengali) (page history and authors); unimportant (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unimportant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unimportant (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unimportant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unimportant (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unimportant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ह्रस्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); unimportant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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