noun
Meaning 1
Lack of importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triviality
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unimportance
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of not being important or worthy of note
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: importance
Broader terms: value
Narrower terms: inessentiality, pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness, insignificance
noun
Meaning 3
the state of being humble and unimportant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humbleness, obscureness, lowliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obscurity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English importance English unimportance From un- + importance.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: əhəmiyyətsizlik — lack of importance
- Macedonian: неважност (nevažnost) — lack of importance
- Ukrainian: неважли́вість (nevažlývistʹ) — lack of importance