Words / A2

un-im-PORTNT/ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtnt/

Unimportant means not worth much worry: an unimportant detail, relatively unimportant, seem unimportant. Important is the opposite. Minor is a close cousin. Trivial is stronger and later. Do not write unimportant when you mean unemployed, or import.

Meaning

Not important; not worth much worry.

Examples

• “A small spelling mistake is unimportant in this email.”
• “The colour of the folder is unimportant.”
• “He treated the missing comma as unimportant, but the date mattered.”

Good to know

an unimportant detail / relatively unimportant. Opposite: important. Cousin: minor. Mix-up: import.

Near in meaning

minor

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