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unimportant

  • /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt/ UK
  • /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔɹtənt/ US
  • /ˌʌnɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtənt/
  • /ˌʌnɪmˈpoə.tənt/

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English important

English unimportant

From un- + important.

adjective more unimportant · most unimportant

  1. petty; not important or noteworthy It’s to the credit of this remarkable writer that those absences seem unimportant beside what is so rousingly present.

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