unconsiderableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unconˈsiderable.

= inconsiderable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree

eathlyc890

littleOE

slender1530

foolish1533

triflinga1538

paltry1565

puny?1594

mean1599

minikin1617

unconsiderable1643

inconsiderable1648

punctilio1660

sneaking1703

insignificant1748

flimsy1756

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

microscopic1798

pindling1861

midget1879

diddly1893

scroddyc1909

chickenshit1934

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > not worthy of notice or consideration

lessOE

smallc1405

unnotablec1454

regardless1557

mentionless1611

unregardable1614

unremarkable1625

inconsiderable1637

of no mentiona1640

unconsiderable1643

unobservable1658

unnoticeable1760

inconsequent1768

unappreciable1801

mousy1812

unnoteworthy1846

nebbishy1973

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 43 Better then either the King himselfe, his Cabinet-Counsell, or any unconsiderable Privadoes, Courtiers, Favorites.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. v. 481 My Crime..merited a higher punishment, than these unconsiderable wounds.

1668 H. P. Cressy Church-hist. Brittany Errata Unconsiderable ones [sc. errors] which have hapned by mistake of single Letters resembling one the other.

1914 W. J. Locke Fortunate Youth i. 19 Sky and grass and trees and white mass of ladies..and unconsiderable men and boys became a shimmering blur.

1976 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 109/2 The rank and file of British Educationalists, sociologists of education and educational psychologists have concentrated their considerable energies and occasionally some not unconsiderable talents on devising arguments to legitimate the equalization of opportunity on moral grounds and to support it on scientific grounds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unconsiderable
释义	unconsiderableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unconˈsiderable. = inconsiderable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree eathlyc890 littleOE slender1530 foolish1533 triflinga1538 paltry1565 puny?1594 mean1599 minikin1617 unconsiderable1643 inconsiderable1648 punctilio1660 sneaking1703 insignificant1748 flimsy1756 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 microscopic1798 pindling1861 midget1879 diddly1893 scroddyc1909 chickenshit1934 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > not worthy of notice or consideration lessOE smallc1405 unnotablec1454 regardless1557 mentionless1611 unregardable1614 unremarkable1625 inconsiderable1637 of no mentiona1640 unconsiderable1643 unobservable1658 unnoticeable1760 inconsequent1768 unappreciable1801 mousy1812 unnoteworthy1846 nebbishy1973 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 43 Better then either the King himselfe, his Cabinet-Counsell, or any unconsiderable Privadoes, Courtiers, Favorites. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. v. 481 My Crime..merited a higher punishment, than these unconsiderable wounds. 1668 H. P. Cressy Church-hist. Brittany Errata Unconsiderable ones [sc. errors] which have hapned by mistake of single Letters resembling one the other. 1914 W. J. Locke Fortunate Youth i. 19 Sky and grass and trees and white mass of ladies..and unconsiderable men and boys became a shimmering blur. 1976 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 109/2 The rank and file of British Educationalists, sociologists of education and educational psychologists have concentrated their considerable energies and occasionally some not unconsiderable talents on devising arguments to legitimate the equalization of opportunity on moral grounds and to support it on scientific grounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1643
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