as in minor
lacking importance
we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct
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Recent Examples of unimportant
Many women have been socialized to avoid discussing money, viewing it as taboo or unimportant.
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Melissa Houston, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
What was the smallest, most unimportant trade the league has ever seen?
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Benjamin Deneen, the paper’s lead author, tells Popular Science that in the early days of neuroscience, research tended to focus on neurons, treating other cells as relatively unimportant support structures.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
That’s not to say lawmakers haven’t repeatedly tinkered with its specifics, or that those changes have been unimportant.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Houston, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
What was the smallest, most unimportant trade the league has ever seen?
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Benjamin Deneen, the paper’s lead author, tells Popular Science that in the early days of neuroscience, research tended to focus on neurons, treating other cells as relatively unimportant support structures.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
That’s not to say lawmakers haven’t repeatedly tinkered with its specifics, or that those changes have been unimportant.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimportant
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Leaving behind only enough for his sons to pay for his arrangements, whittled down to only a few minor possessions and a spirit broken by shouldering a piece of the contemporary American reality.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 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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Make time for a drink at Sid Gold’s Request Room, a piano karaoke bar, as well as Paramita Sound, a record shop with a small in-house bar and performance space.Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Buying additional lottery tickets does increase a person's odds of winning, but the increase may be small and not necessarily worth it.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Those little eyebrows pinched in sorrow or remorse?Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, leaders have little confidence in their performance management systems, according to Gallup.Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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When not dithering on about trivial matters, matriarch Ella (Leena Uotila) fusses over her spouse’s drinking habits.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
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Its legacy software business also converts earnings into bitcoin, though this is a trivial source of MicroStrategy’s current revenues.Edan Yago, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The collapse of the energy giant cost thousands of workers their jobs, while millions of investors saw their shares become worthless.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Investors in a risky pool of Credit Suisse bonds got crushed when Switzerland’s financial regulator ruled the notes were worthless in the wake of the failing bank’s emergency takeover by rival UBS Group AG.Bloomberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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And these molecular changes aren’t insignificant to our health—they were seen in molecules related to cardiovascular disease, skin and muscle health, immune regulation, and kidney function, among others.Lauryn Higgins, Health, 21 Dec. 2024
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Appleby claimed in his report that there was no evidence that suicides among affected youth rose after Tavistock was closed and that fluctuations in the data were statistically insignificant.Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
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In return for agreeing to the club’s request for a three-year extension, Acheampong was given a slight improvement on the financial terms that were proposed initially — although his salary still sits in the club’s wage structure for the older players at academy level.Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Neither party secured a majority in the most recent legislative election, but the KMT, which won a slight edge in seats, has partnered with a smaller party to take control of the legislature.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimportant. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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