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Unimportant   /ənɪmpˈɔrtənt/   Listen
Unimportant

adjective
1.
Not important.  "The question seems unimportant"
2.
Devoid of importance, meaning, or force.  Synonym: insignificant.






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"Unimportant" Quotes from Famous Books



... Take care of the stairs, they are none of the best; through this little wicket—there. As soon as your eyes become a little used to the mist of the place, and the glare of the chandeliers below you, you will see that some unimportant personage on the Ministerial side of the House (to your right hand) is speaking, amidst a hum of voices and confusion which would rival Babel, but for the circumstance of its being all ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens

... well framed for the hardy profession which he exercised. But his face had not the frankness of the jolly hunter; he was down-looked, embarrassed, and avoided the eyes of those who looked hard at him. After some unimportant observations on the success of the day, Brown gave him a trifling gratuity, and rode on with his landlord. They found the gudewife prepared for their reception—the fold and the poultry-yard furnished the entertainment, and the kind and hearty welcome made ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott

... supplicatingly, "do not abandon me, do not leave me to my fate at this critical juncture! I will yield you blind and implicit submission and obedience! For the future I will do nothing, take not even the slightest, most unimportant step without your direct authorization or ...
— Monte-Cristo's Daughter • Edmund Flagg

... sombre eyes of Miramon Lluagor appraised them. He, who was lord of the nine sleeps and prince of the seven madnesses, now gave a little sigh; for he knew that these young people were enviable and, in the outcome, were unimportant. ...
— Figures of Earth • James Branch Cabell

... may not be amiss to give some description of persons destined to play a not unimportant part in ...
— The Lost Hunter - A Tale of Early Times • John Turvill Adams


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