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inconˈsiderableness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being inconsiderable.
1. Unworthiness of being considered; small importance or consequence; slightness of value or amount; trifling amount; insignificance.
1646W. Jenkyn Remora 16 The smallnes and inconsiderablenes of the pretext. 1663Pepys Diary 5 Sept., I did inform myself well in things relating to the East Indys; both of the country..and the inconsiderableness of the place of Bombaim, if we had had it. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 24 The Inconsiderableness of that Edifice. 1812Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 66 The cargoes..could not, from their inconsiderableness, have filled a mighty void, for any length of years.
†2. Thoughtlessness, want of consideration. Obs.
1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xl. 522 A Depraved Understanding,..Depraved by Neglect and Inconsiderablenesse; not darkned by Ignorance. |