unimportant

«unimportant» in Mova's school dictionary: not important; not mattering much — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Unimportant means not important; not mattering much. tree →

sense in the lessons

In reading and maths word problems, pupils learn to pick out the important facts and ignore unimportant ones (like the colour of the car when the question asks how far it went). In summaries, unimportant details are left out. Phrases: «unimportant details», «seem unimportant».

examples

• Cross out the unimportant facts in the word problem. tree →
• The colour of the bus is unimportant to the answer. tree →
• In a summary, leave out unimportant details. tree →
• It may seem unimportant, but please wash your hands. tree →
• No question is unimportant in our class. tree →
• The small scratch was unimportant. tree →
• *Bordingborg, in the reign of King Waldemar, a considerable place, now an unimportant little town. tree →

note

Adjective; opposite «important». In maths problems, unimportant numbers (distractors) are not used in the calculation; read the question carefully to know which facts you need.

In the corpora

• Some jurors write «important» and some «unimportant»; Alice thinks «it doesn't matter a bit».
• Some parents are glued to their phones for work or habit, and it can make children feel unimportant.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unimportant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.