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as in small
lacking importance
the duties of the club's vice president are inconsiderable by any standard
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as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
an inconsiderable number of complaints about the car seat
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Recent Examples of inconsiderable
The base Taycan, which starts at a not-inconsiderable $86,700 for the 2023 model year makes do with just a single electric motor driving the rear wheels.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsiderable
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Shaikh said the swap is happening in the food hall's incubator section, where small businesses can get a stall and a six month lease to try out new concepts.Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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Many were small, but if the thunderstorm coincided with Santa Ana winds, the gusts could blow embers into the canyons, spreading the conflagration rapidly.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Marcello Hernández turns in an excellent performance as Soto, but overall, there is a slight disjointedness to this cold open, even while resurrecting an iconic character.Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Although the slippers looked nearly identical, a consultant for the Smithsonian analyzed slight differences in the pairs and determined that the ones that were sold on Saturday were in many of the most famous scenes of the movie.Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Next to the rivers of food that flood the modern appetite, risotto is a minor tributary.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Areas that are low-lying, already wet or have poor drainage could be at a risk for minor flooding depending on how heavy the rain is this week.Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Assad retained nominal control of much of the country with Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah assistance.Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Bieber assumes little, to no risk in the agreement.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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In the Midwest, ground blizzards develop with little or no new snowfall.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2024
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The air concentrations of VOCs found in some candle studies have been insignificant when compared with levels previously deemed unsafe.Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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In fairness, the aid to families is not insignificant.Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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This might be tactical language, or propaganda, or unimportant.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Detractors often consider the beauty industry and those who build their careers in it, as unimportant in the grand scheme things.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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And yet the movie’s insularity feels trifling and empty.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
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The cost to find these answers, even in the near term, is relatively trifling.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2023
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“Inconsiderable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsiderable. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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