Antonyms for unimportantunim·por·tant

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1. unimportant

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

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1. unimportantadjective

   not important

   "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

   Antonyms:
   historic, primal, grave, great, alpha, of import, in-chief(ip), serious, cardinal, Copernican, essential, of the essence(p), distinguished, strategic, fundamental, burning(a), most-valuable, principal(a), important, measurable, primary(a), grievous, crucial, chief(a), big, all-important(a), outstanding, master(a), weighty, heavy, key, grand, consequential, main(a), all important(p), beta, eventful, central

   Synonyms:
   insignificant

2. insignificant, unimportantadjective

   devoid of importance, meaning, or force

   Antonyms:
   beta, big, grand, burning(a), of the essence(p), eventful, strategic, primal, crucial, primary(a), weighty, chief(a), Copernican, great, consequential, master(a), most-valuable, heavy, central, important, of import, serious, cardinal, principal(a), all-important(a), historic, grave, all important(p), grievous, outstanding, distinguished, main(a), fundamental, measurable, key, essential, alpha, in-chief(ip)

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, insignificant

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1. unimportantadjective

   Synonyms:
   immaterial, insignificant, trivial, paltry

How to use unimportant in a sentence?

1. Janos Arnay:

   It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake.

2. Henry Miller:

   Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant.

3. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

4. Alexander Woollcott:

   There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

5. May Sarton:

   In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

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