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Inconsequential

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Lacking importance.

adj. Not following from premises or evidence; illogical.

n. A triviality.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having no consequence, not consequential, of little importance.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not consequential; not following from the premises; without cause or without consequences; illogical; irrational: as, inconsequential reasons or actions.

Of no consequence or value.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. not following logically as a consequence

adj. lacking worth or importance

Word Usage

"And the interesting thing about the book, apart from its ability to enthrall, is that it hasn't really dated, or has dated only in inconsequential or charming ways."

Equivalent

unlogical illogical unimportant

Form

inconsequentialness inconsequentially inconsequentiality

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unimportant inconsequent trivial negligible trifling

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

confidential consequential credential deferential differential

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unimportant irrelevant frivolous valueless nonsensical