unimportance

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noun

Lack of importance.

Similar
trivialityhumblenessobscurenesslowliness
Opposite
importance
OriginEnglish importance ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

noununimportance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of importance.

    Synonyms: triviality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLack of importance.

Similar
triviality

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe state of being humble and unimportant

Similar
humblenessobscurenesslowliness
Broader
obscurity

nounthe quality of not being important or worthy of note

Opposite
importance
Broader
value
Also see
humblenesslowlinessobscureness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishimportance
  9. Englishunimportance

From un- + importance.

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Translations

Ukrainian неважли́вість
  • неважли́вість (nevažlývistʹ)lack of importance

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

importunance
Cite this entry
APA

unimportance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimportance

MLA

“unimportance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimportance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unimportance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimportance.

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