单词 | unimportant |
释义 | unimportant (once / 1199 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unimportant: unimportance, unimportantly+/importance: importances, self-importance/important: importance, importantest, importantly, self-important, unimportant/unimportance: unimportances USAGE EXAMPLESI’m looking at the set list and, honestly, it just felt so unimportant compared to what we’re about to face. Salon(Dec 13, 2016) At an appeal for one of them, prosecutors argued that this did not matter, because the man’s attorney only missed unimportant parts of the testimony. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) To the NYT, he downplays the significance of his holdings, saying they are "unimportant to me relative to what I'm doing". BBC(Nov 22, 2016) 1adj not important a relatively unimportant feature of the system the question seems unimportant Syn|Ant inessential, unessential not basic or fundamental inconsequent, inconsequentiallacking worth or importance immaterial, indifferent(often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial(informal) small and of little importance lightweighthaving no importance or influence nickel-and-dime, small-timeof minor importance potty(British informal) trivial meaningless, nonmeaningfulhaving no meaning or direction or purpose insignificantdevoid of importance, meaning, or force important, of import of great significance or value essentialbasic and fundamental all important, all-important, crucial, essential, of the essenceof the greatest importance alphafirst in order of importance betasecond in order of importance bigsignificant burningof immediate import cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primalserving as an essential component chief, main, master, primary, principalmost important element consequential, eventfulhaving important issues or results Copernicanof radical or major importance distinguished(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation grandthe most important and magnificent in adornment grave, grievous, heavy, weightyof great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought great, outstandingof major significance or importance historicimportant in history in-chiefindicating the head of a staff measurableof distinguished importance most-valuabledesignating the player judged to be the most important to the sport seriousof great consequence strategichighly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war important, significantimportant in effect or meaning valuablehaving great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange 2adj devoid of importance, meaning, or force Syn|Ant insignificant meaningless, nonmeaningful having no meaning or direction or purpose hole-and-corner, hole-in-cornerrelating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinlacking substance or significance inappreciabletoo small to make a significant difference lighthaving little importance superficial, trivialof little substance or significance important, significant important in effect or meaning important, of importof great significance or value meaningfulhaving a meaning or purpose momentousof very great significance epoch-making, epochalhighly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shatteringsufficiently significant to affect the whole world evidential, evidentiaryserving as or based on evidence fundamental, profoundfar-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something largefairly large or important in effect; influential monumentalof outstanding significance noteworthy, remarkableworthy of notice probative, probatorytending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation operativeeffective; producing a desired effect portentous, prodigiousof momentous or ominous significance |
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