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inconsiderable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: negligible, trivial, unconsiderable, base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, like a fart in a windstorm, meager, mean, minor, miserable, nothingburger, nondescript, null, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piddly, pissant, pissass, piteous, pitiful, pointless, silly, simple, slight, ticky-tacky, tin-pot, trifling, two-bit, unimportant, unweighty, vain, worthless, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

too small or unimportant to merit attention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • passed his life in an inconsiderable village
  • their duties were inconsiderable
  • had no inconsiderable influence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: considerable

History

Etymology

From Middle French inconsidérable. By surface analysis, in- + considerable.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: незначителен (neznačitelen) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Bulgarian: маловажен (malovažen) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Russian: несуще́ственный (nesuščéstvennyj) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Russian: незначи́тельный (neznačítelʹnyj) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Russian: нева́жный (nevážnyj) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Russian: малозна́чимый (maloznáčimyj) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
  • Russian: малова́жный (malovážnyj) — too unimportant to be worthy of attention