unimportancen.
/ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌənᵻmˈpɔrtns/ (un- prefix1 6.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun]
smallness1541
nothingness1646
nonentity1654
insignificancy1661
non-significancy1670
insignificance1714
unimportance1751
inconsequence1759
non-entityism1846
negligibility1896
negligibleness1906
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 146. ⁋5 By such arts..does every man endeavour to conceal his own unimportance from himself.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. v. 15 The eye of a child converts every trifle into an object of entertainment, and every pretty unimportance, is esteemed a joyful acquisition.
1823 C. Lamb Wks. (1908) I. 286 The unimportance of the subject.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 66 To the succeeding millions of China it has been a matter of unimportance.
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- earthwards
- earthware
- earthwheeling
- earthwide
- earthwire
- earthwired
- earthwoman
- earthwomen
- earthwork
- earthworker
- earthworks
- earthworm
- earthworms
- earthworn
- earthy
- earthy cobalt
- earthy triplicity
- earthy-coloured
- earthy-faced
- earthy-looking
- earthy-minded
- earthy-smelling
- earthycoloured