adjective
unimportant
uh-nihm-PAW-tuhnt
adjective
1
Not important; of little significance.
"He brushed off the criticism as unimportant."
"The details seemed unimportant at the time, but turned out to matter a lot."
How to Use Unimportant
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot worth worrying about or paying much attention to.
Common pairings
relatively unimportant
seem unimportant
unimportant detail
Word Forms
more unimportant comparative, most unimportant superlative
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Etymology
From un- + important.