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UNIMPORTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unimportance mean?
• UNIMPORTANCE (noun)
The noun UNIMPORTANCE has 2 senses:
1. the state of being humble and unimportant
2. the quality of not being important or worthy of note
Familiarity information: UNIMPORTANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being humble and unimportant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
humbleness; lowliness; obscureness; unimportance
Hypernyms ("unimportance" is a kind of...):
obscurity (an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known)
Derivation:
unimportant (not important)
unimportant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of not being important or worthy of note
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unimportance" is a kind of...):
value (the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unimportance"):
inessentiality (not of basic importance)
pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality (the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous)
insignificance (the quality of having little or no significance)
Antonym:
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
Derivation:
unimportant (not important)
unimportant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
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