adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Something unimportant; something that does not matter.

Adjective

1. 1
   Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.

   "You will never know the exact atomic time when you started reading this phrase; of course, that's inconsequential."

2. 2
   Not logically following from the premises.

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking worth or importance wordnet
2. 2
   not following logically as a consequence wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unimportantillogicalnegligibletriflingtriviallight

Antonyms

All antonyms

consequentialessentialimportantmassive

Example

More examples

"The things he says are entirely inconsequential."

Etymology

From in- + consequential.

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