Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Too small or unimportant to merit attention or consideration; trivial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not considerable; not worthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; small.
- Synonyms Petty, slight, trifling, immaterial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial
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- adjective Too
trivial orunimportant to be worthy ofattention .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective too small or unimportant to merit attention
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Examples
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The profits of £3 per year may have seemed "inconsiderable" to the report's author, but such earnings would have made a substantial contribution to a laboring family's income and may have been the only cash income earned by the family (see Chapter 2, n.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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"inconsiderable," and the bay had been cleared of ice, but on the 20th of February the cold was very great.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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All proceeds from these auctions go to help offset the not inconsiderable expense of attending Readercon 21 next month.
"This is the lowest we will ever get. It never gets darker." greygirlbeast 2010
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For most of Disc-Overy, Tinie Tempah pulls off the not-inconsiderable feat of being funny while still suggesting you take him seriously.
Tinie Tempah: Disc-Overy Alexis Petridis 2010
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These costs are not inconsiderable, which might seem especially odd given that the con is just up the road from Providence, in Burlington, Massachusetts (about an hour's drive).
"This whole world is wild at heart...and weird on top." greygirlbeast 2010
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Jean-Henri Riesener was ebeniste (cabinetmaker) to Louis XVI, pupil of the great Oeben (maker of Louis XV's desk), and the man considered the greatest of his trade, among not inconsiderable competition, in the last quarter of the 18th century.
All Hands on Deco David Netto 2011
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They have enterpeneurial skills to rival those of the Israelis which are not inconsiderable and would be that much greater if the defence budget were not such a burden.
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Private collectors often reminisce of the days they picked up six bottles of 1982 Le Pin at under €20 a bottle, back then not an inconsiderable amount to pay for a relatively unknown wine.
The Remarkable Rise of Le Pin Will Lyons 2011
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But the Man of Sorrows motif represents no slight and inconsiderable tributary of the mainstream, and if the new exhibition at the Museum of Biblical Art can draw our attention to that fact, it will have served its purpose well.
The Man of Sorrows Motif Over Time James Gardner 2011
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This system would be more sail and less anchor, as you acknowledge, a not inconsiderable drawback.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could National Juries Alleviate the Problem of Political Ignorance? 2010
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