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Unimportant

Definition: Unimportant

Unimportant

Adjective

1. Not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant".

2. Not important or noteworthy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unimportant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)


Synonym: Unimportant

Synonym: insignificant (adj). (additional references)
Antonyms: important (adj), significant (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unimportant

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Contempt

Contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful; (unimportant); despised;Verb: downtrodden; unenvied.

Inferiority

Diminished; (decreased); reduced; (contracted); unimportant.

Littleness

Adjective: little; small; (in quantity); minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable; (unimportant); exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short.

Smallness

Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.

Unimportance

Verb: be unimportant; Adjective:; not matter; go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing; not matter a straw; n.

Adjective: unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unimportant

English words defined with "unimportant": Accidental lightsbackground, blab, blabberchatter, clack, class Symphyla, Condensation productgabble, gibberhole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, humblenessImmaterially, Immomentous, In idle, Inconcerning, inconsiderablejackanapeslightweightMatterless, maunderobscureness, obscuritypalaver, Parergy, pettiness, Petty officer, piffle, prate, prattleslightness, Symphylatattle, tittle-tattle, triviality, twaddleunimportancewhippersnapper, white lie. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unimportant": caught up in trivia/to get, contemporaneous erosion, Cross RoadshistoryLettucePottrace gasUnmagnetized Plasma. (references)
Etymologies containing "unimportant": Inconcerning. (references)

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Modern Usage: Unimportant

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What happens to the girl is unimportant What happens to the others is more than important; it is the most vital issue of our time. (Teenage Doll; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith)

The murder of Floyd Merkle and five unimportant people. (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Lyrics

To this world I'm unimportant just (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Clever

Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Unimportant

DomainTitle

Books

  • An unimportant book : the story of my life (reference)

  • Constanze Mozart: An Unimportant Woman (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series) (reference)

  • Few eggs and no oranges : a diary showing how unimportant people in London and Birmingham lived through the war years 1940-1945 (reference)

  • Jamie, the adventures of : a few unimportant and improper stories (reference)

  • Towns and villages in Canada : the importance of being unimportant (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Unimportant

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

There are very few persons who still think it is unimportant to balance the federal budget : unfortunately, about 400 of them are members of Congress. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Unimportant

AuthorQuotation

Wisdom and The Chinese

Do not consider any vice as trivial; and therefore practice it; do not consider any virtue as unimportant and therefore neglect it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unimportant

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

One problem in determining whether or not a tumor is present is that every child has minor and relatively unimportant symptoms such as restlessness or headaches from time to time. Of course, when more distressing signs or multiple symptoms are seen, parents and doctors search for an explanation and more precise tests are recommended. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much he lied. Salder Bupp

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Unimportant

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Mary Tyler Moore

I'm sure there were one or two scenes like that and I can't think of one right now, but so unimportant as to be not worth discussing.

Rush Limbaugh

The papers have stories on the explosions in Colombia and a study finding children's aid goes to adults and a dozen other relatively unimportant stories, but nothing on this scandal that affected every single American!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Unimportant

"Unimportant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unimportant" is used about 414 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%41413,664

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Unimportant

Expressions using "unimportant": consider unimportant considering unimportant unimportant thing. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "unimportant": unimportant-that.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unimportant

Language Translations for "unimportant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i parëndësishëm (dispensable, exiguous, immaterial, inconsequential, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, light, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, one horse, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, small, small time, tenuous, tin, trivial, unessential). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غير مهم, ‏غير هام (immaterial, inconsequential, lightweight, minor, one horse), ‏تافه (banal, commonplace, contemptible, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, light, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, minute, naught, negligible, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), ‏ثانوي (bye, inferior, insignificant, marginal, minor, petty, secondary, side, sub). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неважен, незначителен (cheap, dinky, fiddling, fractional, frivolous, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inessential, inglorious, insignificant, least, little, mean, minor, minute, negligible, niggling, nominal, noteless, nugatory, obscure, one horse, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, pygmy, rabbity, scrubby, slight, small, small time, subfusc, tenuous, third class, tiddly, trifling, trivial, two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, unconsidered), маловажен (footling, futile, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, last, light, minor, nugatory, peddling, pettifogging, petty, puerile, side, small time, trifling, two-by-four), дребен (dinky, dwarf, finical, finicking, finicky, insignificant, little, minor, niggling, paltry, peddling, petty, picayune, piddling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, puny, pygmy, rabbity, sawed-off, shabby, short, small, small time, small-scale, trifling, trivial, undersized, venial). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

不重要 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

nepodstatný (desultory, immaterial, irrelevant, piddling), nedùležitý (desultory, immaterial, minor, small, trivial). (various references)

   

Danish

  

oevrige loebende overfoersler daekker et antal fordelingstransaktioner,som er af en saadan karakter,at de ikke kan klassificeres i en anden kategori i indkomstfordelingskontoen,og som man paa grund af deres ringe betydning,og fordi de kun findes i visse l (are not worth classifying under separate headings, because they are relatively unimportant or occur only in certain countries, miscellaneous current transfers cover a number of distributive transactions of a kind which does not permit them to be classified under any other heading of the distribution of income account and which). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

goedaardig (benign, good-hearted, harmless, kind, minor, of no account, safe). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

negrava. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

غیرمهم (Casual, Small, Unessential), بی اهمیت (Immaterial, Inconsequential, Inconsiderable, Negligible, Piddling, Unmeaning, Weeny). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vähäpätöinen (insignificant, of little importance, slight, trifling, trivial). (various references)

   

French

  

sans importance, peu important, négligeable, mineur (under age, underage), insignifiant. (various references)

   

German

  

unwichtig (dispensable, immaterial, inconsequential, inessential, insignificant, minor, non essential, nonrelevant, of little moment, petty, unimportantly), unbedeutend (fractional, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderably, insignificant, minimal, minor, negligible, nonsignificant, obscure, of no account, petit, pettily, petty, piddling, trifling, trivial, trivially). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ασήμαντοσ (fiddling, immaterial, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, negligible, niggling, nobody, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, piddling, potty, purportless, slight, trifling, trivial, unessential). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא חשוב (immaterial). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jelentéktelen (baubling, dinkey, dinky, exiguous, fiddle-faddle, footling, frivolous, futile, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, jerkwater, light, minor, minor details, negligible, niggling, nugatory, null, obscure, of no great importance, of no moment, paltry, petty, piddling, scrubby, slight, small time, tin-pot, trifling, trivial, venial). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak penting (immaterial, nonessential), sepele (insignificant, trivial), cuai (insignificant, trivial). (various references)

   

Italian

  

senza importanza (insignificantly, unimportntant). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

枝葉末節 (branches and leaves, unessentials, unimportant details). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しようまっせつ (branches and leaves, unessentials, unimportant details), そはい (small fry, unimportant people). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

중"하지 않". (various references)

   

Manx

  

neuscanshoil (footling, trivial), jeh beggan scansh (trivial). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

importantunay

   

Portuguese

  

sem importância (insignificant, peddling, petty, trifling, unessential, weightless). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

neimportant (immaterial, insignificant, minor, naught), lipsit de importanţã (irrelevant, slight), irelevant (immaterial, impertinent, inapt, irrelevant, unrelated), insignifiant, indiferent (all one, all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unmoved). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неважный (importless, inconsiderable, no great shakes, not much of a, of no consequence, of no great importance, so so). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nevažan (importless, non essential, piddling), beznačajan (fiddling, immaterial, insignificant, irrelative, irrelevant, nugatory, peddling, pointless, trifling, trivial, twopenny-halfpenny). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sin importancia (minor, trumpery), insignificante (fiddling, inconsiderable, insignificant, small, trifling, trivial, twopenny). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oviktig (immaterial, inconsequent, inconsequential, indifferent, inessential, light, minor, of no account, of no importance), betydelselös (importless, inconsequent, inconsequential, insignificant, jerkwater, of no importance, straw). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mühim olmayan, önemsiz (back burner, derisive, derisory, dinky, empty, fiddling, footling, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, jerkwater, minute, negligible, no-account, non essential, nonessential, not healthy, not worth a fig, null, of no account, of no significance, of no worth, one horse, paltry, paper, peanut, peddling, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, poky, potty, quotidian, scrubby, secondary, slight, small, smalltime, trifling, trivial, tuppeny, unessential, unsubstantial, worthless, yeasty). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

неважливий (importless, omissible). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không quan trọng (here, insignificant, jerkwater, minor, trifling), không đáng kể (inconsiderable, negligible, paltry, puerile, trivial). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dibwys (trivial). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Unimportant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

minima, minimae, minime, minimis, minimo, minimum, minimus, minor, minora, minore, minorem, minores, minori, minoribus, minoris, minus, parui, parva, parvae, parvam, parvas, parvi, parvis, parvo, parvos, parvula, parvulam, parvulas, parvuli, parvulis, parvulo, parvulorum, parvulos, parvulum, parvulus, parvum, parvus, pharue. (various references)

Old English450-1100

leohlic. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Unimportant

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 21, Verse 39
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEipen de o pauloV egw anqrwpoV men eimi ioudaioV tarseuV thV kilikiaV ouk ashmou polewV polithV deomai de sou epitreyon moi lalhsai proV ton laon
Latin405VulgateEt dixit ad eum Paulus ego homo sum quidem iudaeus a Tarso Ciliciae non ignotae civitatis municeps rogo autem te permitte mihi loqui ad populum
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Poul seide to hym, For Y am a Jew, of Tharse of Cilicie, a citeseyn, which citee is not vnknowun. And Y preye thee, suffre me to speke to the puple.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut Paul sayde: I am a ma which am a Iewe of Tharsus a cite in Cicill a Citesyn of no vyle cite I beseche ye soffre me to speake vnto ye people.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Victorian English1833WebsterBut Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee suffer me to speak to the people.
Basic English1964OgdenBut Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Unimportant

LanguageActs Chapter 21, Verse 39
AlbanianDhe Pali tha: ''Unë jam një Jude nga Tarsi, qytetar i një qyteti të Kilikisë që s'është i padëgjuar; dhe të lutem më lejo t'i flas popullit''.
CebuanoUg si Pablo mitubag kaniya, "Ako usa ka Judio nga taga-Tarso sa Cilicia, molupyo sa usa ka bantugang siyudad. Hangyoon ko ikaw, tugoti ako sa pagsulti sa mga tawo."
Chinese保 羅 說 、 我 本 是 猶 太 人 、 " 在 基 利 家 的 大 數 、 並 不 是 無 名 小 城 的 人 、 求 准 我 對 百 " 說 話 。
CroatianPavao odvrati: "Ja sam Židov iz Tarza cilicijskoga, graðanin grada znamenitoga. Molim te, dopusti mi progovoriti narodu."
DanishMen Paulus sagde: "Jeg er en jødisk Mand fra Tarsus, Borger i en ikke ubekendt By i Kilikien. Men jeg beder dig, tilsted mig at tale til Folket!"
DutchMaar Paulus zeide: Ik ben een Joods man van Tarsen, een burger van geen onvermaarde stad in Cilicie, en ik bid u, laat mij toe tot het volk te spreken.
FinnishNiin Paavali sanoi: "Minä olen juutalainen mies, Tarson, tunnetun Kilikian kaupungin, kansalainen; pyydän sinua, salli minun puhua kansalle".
FrenchJe suis Juif, reprit Paul, de Tarse en Cilicie, citoyen d`une ville qui n`est pas sans importance. Permets-moi, je te prie, de parler au peuple.
GermanPaulus aber sprach: Ich bin ein jüdischer Mann von Tarsus, ein Bürger einer namhaften Stadt in Zilizien. Ich bitte dich, erlaube mir, zu reden zu dem Volk.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPaulus menjawab, "Saya orang Yahudi; saya warga kota Tarsus, kota yang penting di Kilikia. Tolong izinkan saya berbicara kepada orang-orang itu."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi kata Paulus, "Hamba ini orang Yahudi dari Tarsus, anak negeri daripada suatu negeri yang termasyhur di tanah Kilikia, dan hamba mintalah kepada Tuan berilah hamba izin berkata-kata kepada kaum itu."
ItalianRispose Paolo: «Io sono un Giudeo di Tarso di Cilicia, cittadino di una citt non certo senza importanza. Ma ti prego, lascia che rivolga la parola a questa gente».
MaoriKa mea a Paora, he Hurai ahau, no Tarahu o Kirikia, he tangata tupu no taua pa, ehara hoki i te pa ingoakore: na ko taku inoi tenei ki a koe, tukua ahau kia korero ki te iwi.
NorwegianDa sa Paulus: Jeg er en jøde, fra Tarsus, borger av en ikke ukjent by i Kilikia; men jeg ber dig: Gi mig lov å tale til folket!
PortugueseMas Paulo lhe disse: Eu sou judeu, natural de Tarso, cidade não insignificante da Cilícia; rogo-te que me permitas falar ao povo.   
Rumanian,,Eu sknt Iudeu``, a spus Pavel, ,,din Tarsul din Cilicia, cetqyean al unei cetqyi nu fqrq knsemnqtate. Te rog, dq-mi voie sq vorbesc norodului.``
ShuarTutai Papru Tímiayi "Núchaitjai. Antsu wikia Israer aentsuitjai. Sirisia nunkanam uunt pepru Tarsu Náartin ana nui akiiniaitjai. Tura waitneasam ju aents chichastin tsankatrukta" Tímiayi.
SpanishEntonces dijo Pablo: --A la verdad, yo soy judío, ciudadano de Tarso de Cilicia, una ciudad no insignificante. Y te ruego, permíteme hablar al pueblo.
SwahiliPaulo akajibu, "Mimi ni Myahudi, mzaliwa wa Tarso katika Kilikia; mimi ni raia wa mji maarufu. Tafadhali, niruhusu niongee na watu.
SwedishDå svarade Paulus: "Nej, jag är en judisk man från Tarsus, medborgare alltså i en betydande stad i Cilicien. Men jag beder dig, tillstäd mig att tala till folket."
UmaNatompoi' Paulus: "Aku' toi-le to Yahudi, ngkai ngata Tarsus, ngata to bohe hanga' -na hi tana' Kilikia. Palogai-a-kuwo mpololitai ntodea toera lau."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Unimportant

Misspellings

"Unimportant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nimportant. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Unimportant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unimportant" (pronounced uni'mpô"rtunt)
9-i' m p ô" r t u n timportant.
4-t u n taccountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, exultant, hesitant, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, resultant, surfactant, unrepentant.
3-u n tabandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Unimportant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-t-t-u"

-2 letters: antitumor, important.

-3 letters: antiporn, mountain, mutation, nontrump, notturni, nutation, outpaint, pointman, printout, protamin, ruminant, trapunto.

-4 letters: antipot, atropin, intrant, maintop, manitou, natrium, opuntia, pantoum, patriot, pintano, protium, ptomain, puritan, rainout, rampion, romaunt, tampion, tantrum, timpano, tinamou, tritoma, utopian.

-5 letters: amnion, amount, anoint, antrum, armpit, aroint, atrium, attorn, impart, import, inpour, intort, intron, inturn, manito.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-t-t-u"
 

+4 letters: importunateness.

 

+5 letters: countercomplaint.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unimportant


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 69 6D 70 6F 72 74 61 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    ..    --    .--.    ---    .-.    -    .-    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01101001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#105 &#109 &#112 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0069 006D 0070 006F 0072 0074 0061 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580757982818486678086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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