Synonyms and antonyms of Unimportant in American Thesaurus

unimportant (adjective)

not important or relevant

minor (adjective)

not very important in comparison with people or things of the same type

irrelevant (adjective)

not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing

meaningless (adjective)

without any clear purpose or importance

petty (adjective)

not important and not worth worrying about

inconsequential (adjective)

not important

unconsidered (adjective)

ignored, or unimportant

superficial (adjective)

not important or not having a serious effect

of no consequence/of little consequence ()

not important in any way/not very important

mere (adjective)

used for emphasizing that something is small or unimportant

(as) dead as a dodo ()

not existing, relevant, or important anymore

beneath contempt ()

if someone or something is beneath contempt, they are so bad or so unimportant that they do not deserve any attention

cheap (adjective)

not considered important or valuable

diminished (adjective)

formal reduced in amount, size, or importance

expendable (adjective)

used for describing someone or something that you are willing to get rid of, lose, or allow to be killed because they are no longer useful or necessary

footling (adjective)

old-fashioned not important or useful and therefore annoying

frivolous (adjective)

lacking any real purpose or importance

frothy (adjective)

enjoyable but not serious or important

inconsiderable (adjective)

formal small, or unimportant

inessential (adjective)

not necessary

insignificant (adjective)

not large or important enough to be worth considering

lightweight (adjective)

not serious or important

little (adjective)

not important

low (adjective)

used about the importance or status of something

lower (adjective)

fairly low in status or importance

low-level (adjective)

without much importance, power, or difficulty

marginal (adjective)

not considered important or relevant

meretricious (adjective)

very formal seeming to be good, useful, or important but not really having any value at all

Mickey Mouse (adjective)

informal not very important or impressive

minor-league (adjective)

not very important or powerful

negligible (adjective)

very unimportant or small

nickel-and-dime (adjective)

Americaninformal inexpensive and unimportant

no-account (adjective)

Americaninformal old-fashioned a no-account person is not worth anything

nonessential (adjective)

not necessary

nugatory (adjective)

very formal not important or effective

of no account/of little account ()

not or not very important

on/at the periphery ()

only slightly involved with something, and not a very important part of it

outworn (adjective)

no longer useful or important

paltry (adjective)

not very good, important, or valuable

passing (adjective)

lasting only a short time, and usually not very important or serious

penny-ante (adjective)

Americaninformal not important, especially because of not involving much money

peripheral (adjective)

connected with something but not a necessary or important part of it

petty (adjective)

minor

piddling (adjective)

informal small, or not important

piffling (adjective)

informal small and not important

Podunk (adjective)

Americaninformal small, unimportant, and not respected

rinky-dink (adjective)

Americaninformal of poor quality and not important or impressive

second-class (adjective)

low in quality or importance

silly (adjective)

not serious, important, or practical

small (adjective)

not very important or difficult

small-time (adjective)

not very important or effective

tin-pot (adjective)

a tin-pot leader, country, etc. is one that is not very important or successful

trifling (adjective)

not very important

trivial (adjective)

not very important, serious, or valuable

two-bit (adjective)

informal not very good, or not important

twopenny-halfpenny (British)

Britishold-fashioned not very good or important

unnecessary (adjective)

used for describing something that should not have happened because it could have been avoided