unimportance

[US]/ʌnɪm'pɔːt(ə)ns/
[UK]/ˌʌnɪm'pɔrtns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lack of importance, insignificance, worthlessness

Example Sentences

To realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

the relative unimportance of wider kin ties in British culture.

(35) Both in thought and in feeling ,even though time be real ,to realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

The unimportance of the task led to a lack of motivation.

She dismissed his unimportance in her life.

The unimportance of the issue was evident from the lack of discussion.

He emphasized the unimportance of material possessions.

The unimportance of the meeting was reflected in the low attendance.

She downplayed the unimportance of the mistake.

The unimportance of his role was evident in the lack of responsibilities.

The unimportance of the event was highlighted by its cancellation.

He realized the unimportance of fame in the grand scheme of things.

The unimportance of the decision was clear from the lack of consequences.

Real-world Examples

Finally, he was gone, with the shadowy unimportance but the offensive bulk of the third party.

Source: The Night's Gentle Embrace (Part 1)

After watching the abject unimportance of the young diplomat in London society, Adams found himself a young duke in Washington.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

Lacking insight into their own feelings of inadequacy and unimportance, they shrink their world to meager and manageable proportions.

Source: Graduate Comprehensive Course Volume II

We can link the relative unimportance of the chorus in Aristotle to what Simon Goldhill sees as the silencing of the civic frame of tragedy in the Poetics.

Source: Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us

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