Unimportance

Unimportance
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Unimportance->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ unimportance
unimportance
insignificance
nothingness
immateriality
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ triviality
triviality
levity
frivolity
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ paltriness
paltriness
&c.???adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ poverty
poverty
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ smallness
smallness
&c. 32
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ vanity
vanity
&c.(uselessness) 645
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ matter of indifference
matter of indifference
&c. 866
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ no object
no object
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ nothing
nothing
nothing to signify
nothing worth speaking of
nothing particular
nothing to boast of
nothing to speak of
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ small matter
small matter
no great matter
trifling matter
&c.???adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ mere joke
mere joke
mere nothing
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ hardly anything
hardly anything
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ scarcely anything
scarcely anything
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ nonentity
nonentity
small beer
cipher
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ no great shakes
no great shakes
peu de chose
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ child's play
child's play
kinderspiel
GRP: \\ N \\ 4
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ toy
toy
plaything
popgun
paper pellet
gimcrack
gewgaw
bauble
trinket
bagatelle
Rickshaw
knicknack
whim-wham
trifle
=> trifles light as air
trifles light as air
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ yankee notions
yankee notions
=>(U.S.)
GRP: \\ N \\ 5
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ trumpery
trumpery
trash
rubbish
stuff
fatras
frippery
=> leather or prunello
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ leather or prunello
leather or prunello
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ chaff
chaff
drug
froth bubble smoke
cobweb
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ weed
weed
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ refuse
refuse
&c.(inutility) 645
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ scum
scum
&c.(dirt) 653
GRP: \\ N \\ 6
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ joke
joke
jest
snap of the fingers
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ fudge
fudge
&c.(unmeaning) 517
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ fiddlestick
fiddlestick
fiddlestick end
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ pack of nonsense
pack of nonsense
mere farce
GRP: \\ N \\ 7
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ straw
straw
pin
fig
button
rush
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ bulrush
bulrush
feather
halfpenny
farthing
brass farthing
doit
peppercorn
jot
rap
pinch of snuff
old son
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ cent
cent
mill
picayune
pistareen
red cent
=>(U.S.)
GRP: \\ N \\ 8
Sgm: \\ N \\ 8 \\ minutiae
minutiae
details
minor details
small fry
Sgm: \\ N \\ 8 \\ dust in the balance
dust in the balance
feather in the scale
drop in the ocean
flea-bite
molehill
GRP: \\ N \\ 9
Sgm: \\ N \\ 9 \\ nine days' wonder
nine days' wonder
ridiculus mus
Sgm: \\ N \\ 9 \\ flash in the pan
flash in the pan
&c.(impotence) 158
Sgm: \\ N \\ 9 \\ much ado about nothing
much ado about nothing
&c.(overestimation) 482
PARAG:Unimportance->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be unimportant
be unimportant
&c.???adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ not matter
not matter
&c. 642
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ go for nothing
go for nothing
matter nothing
signify nothing
matter little
matter little or nothing
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ not matter a straw
not matter a straw
&c.->N.
make light of
&c.(underestimate) 483
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ catch at straws
catch at straws
&c.(overestimate) 482
PARAG:Unimportance->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unimportant
unimportant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ of little account
of little account
of small account
of no account
of little importance
of no importance
&c. 642
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ immaterial
immaterial
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unessential
unessential
nonessential
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ indifferent
indifferent
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ subordinate
subordinate
&c.(inferior) 34
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ mediocre
mediocre
&c.(average) 29
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ passable
passable
fair
respectable
tolerable
commonplace
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ uneventful
uneventful
mere
common
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ ordinary
ordinary
&c.(habitual) 613
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ inconsiderable
inconsiderable
so-so
insignificant
inappreciable
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ trifling
trifling
trivial
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ slight
slight
slender
light
flimsy
frothy
idle
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ puerile
puerile
&c.(foolish) 499
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ airy
airy
shallow
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ weak
weak
&c. 160
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ powerless
powerless
&c. 158
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ frivolous
frivolous
petty
niggling
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ piddling
piddling
peddling
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ fribble
fribble
inane
ridiculous
farcical
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ finical
finical
finikin
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ fiddle-faddle
fiddle-faddle
fingle-fangle
namby-pamby
wishy-washy
milk and water
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 4
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ poor
poor
paltry
pitiful
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ contemptible
contemptible
&c.(contempt) 930
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ sorry
sorry
mean
meager
shabby
miserable
wretched
vile
scrubby
scrannel
weedy
niggardly
scurvy
putid
beggarly
worthless
twopennyhalfpenny
cheap
trashy
catchpenny
gimcrack
trumpery
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ one-horse
one-horse
=>(U.S.)
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 5
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ not worth the pains
not worth the pains
not worth while
not worth mentioning
not worth speaking of
not worth a thought
not worth a curse
not worth a straw
&c.->N.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ beneath notice
beneath notice
unworthy of notice
beneath regard
unworthy of regard
beneath consideration
unworthy of consideration
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ de lana caprina
de lana caprina
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ vain
vain
&c.(useless) 645
PARAG:Unimportance->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ slightly
slightly
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ rather
rather
somewhat
pretty well
tolerably
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 2 \\ for aught one cares
for aught one cares
PARAG:Unimportance->Int
GRP: \\ Int \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Int \\ 1 \\ no matter
no matter
=>!
pish
=>!
tush
=>!
tut
=>!
pshaw
=>!
pugh
=>!
pooh
pooh-pooh
=>!
fudge
=>!
bosh
=>!
humbug
=>!
fiddlestick
fiddlestick end
=>!
fiddlededee
=>!
never mind
=>!
n'importe
=>!
what signifies it
what boots it
what of it
what of that
what matter
what's the odds
a fig for' stuff and nonsense
stuff
=>!
nonsense
=>!

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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  • Unimportance — Un im*por tance, n. Want of importance; triviality. Johnson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unimportance — index immateriality, inconsequence, insignificance, mediocrity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unimportance — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unimportance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Insignificance Nouns 1. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, inconsequentiality, inconsequence; triviality, levity, frivolity, froth; paltriness, uselessness; disempowerment; matter… …   English dictionary for students

  • unimportance — unimportant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking in importance. DERIVATIVES unimportance noun …   English terms dictionary

  • unimportance — n. * * * …   Universalium

  • unimportance — noun The property of lack of importance …   Wiktionary

  • unimportance — Synonyms and related words: daintiness, delicacy, diminutiveness, exiguity, exiguousness, fewness, homeliness, humbleness, humility, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, ingloriousness, innocuousness, insignificance, insufficiency, littleness …   Moby Thesaurus

  • unimportance — n. lack of significance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unimportance — n. Insignificance, paltriness, emptiness, triviality, nothingness …   New dictionary of synonyms

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