Inconsequential
adjective
Not important or significant.
The amount of money spent on the project was relatively inconsequential compared to the overall budget.
Often appears as...
- inconsequential details
- inconsequential matter
adjective
Having no result or effect.
His attempts to change the system were inconsequential.
Often appears as...
- inconsequential efforts
- inconsequential attempts
adjective
Not important or significant.
The amount of money spent on the project was relatively inconsequential compared to the overall budget.
Often appears as...
- inconsequential details
- inconsequential matter
adjective
Having no result or effect.
His attempts to change the system were inconsequential.
Often appears as...
- inconsequential efforts
- inconsequential attempts
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Importance
Use 'inconsequential' to downplay an element's importance in comparison to a larger context.
Despite the errors, they were inconsequential to the final result.
Pro Tip 2/3Noteworthy Impact
'Inconsequential' implies that the subject lacks enough impact to be noteworthy or deserving attention.
His opinion on the matter was inconsequential to the committee's decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tinge
Using 'inconsequential' can suggest a dismissive attitude towards the subject.
She considered their critique inconsequential and ignored it.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Importance
Use 'inconsequential' to downplay an element's importance in comparison to a larger context.
Despite the errors, they were inconsequential to the final result.
Pro Tip 2/3Noteworthy Impact
'Inconsequential' implies that the subject lacks enough impact to be noteworthy or deserving attention.
His opinion on the matter was inconsequential to the committee's decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tinge
Using 'inconsequential' can suggest a dismissive attitude towards the subject.
She considered their critique inconsequential and ignored it.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Importance
Use 'inconsequential' to downplay an element's importance in comparison to a larger context.
Despite the errors, they were inconsequential to the final result.
Pro Tip 2/3Noteworthy Impact
'Inconsequential' implies that the subject lacks enough impact to be noteworthy or deserving attention.
His opinion on the matter was inconsequential to the committee's decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tinge
Using 'inconsequential' can suggest a dismissive attitude towards the subject.
She considered their critique inconsequential and ignored it.
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Success, failure and the...
to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential. For me, that home has always been writing. So after the weird, disorienting success that I went through with "Eat, Pray, Love," I realized that all I had to do was exactly the same thing that I used to have to do all the time
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Dave Isay: Everyone...
Now, no one has to wait anymore. At this moment, when so much of how we communicate is fleeting and inconsequential, join us in creating this digital archive of conversations that are enduring and important. Help us create this gift to our children, this testament to who we are as human beings.
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Rives: The Museum of...
for the second time, and since I was still an authority on nothing, I thought, what if I made a multimedia presentation on a topic so niche it is actually inconsequential or actually cockamamie. So my talk had some of my four in the morning examples, but it also had examples
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
people in the world to call this boundary hodgson's line that's because before our team started researching the story no one knew where the line came from it's amazing that you could have such a seemingly inconsequential mistake
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After billions of years...
And there is nothing out there of which it can truly be said, "Look, this is new." Nevertheless, at some point during the great monotony, there was an event -- inconsequential at the time, and even billions of years later,
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
There were no breaks for food, no water breaks, and the severe dehydration made urinating pretty much inconsequential. So pervasive was the heat and the dust that my camera became too hot to even touch and ceased working.
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This ancient rock is...
So why care about the history of our planet when the distant past seems so inconsequential to everyday life? You see, as far as we can tell, Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to have sparked life,
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Eman Mohammed: The...
To men, women's stories were seen as inconsequential. I started paying closer attention to women's lives in Gaza. Because of my gender, I had access to worlds where my colleagues were forbidden.
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The urgency of...
So first of all, black women weren't allowed to work at the plant. Second of all, the court doubled down on this exclusion by making it legally inconsequential.
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The lies we tell...
Or movie after movie after movie that portrays women as only love interests? These examples might seem inconsequential and harmless, but they're insidious,
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Success, failure and the...
to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential. For me, that home has always been writing. So after the weird, disorienting success that I went through with "Eat, Pray, Love," I realized that all I had to do was exactly the same thing that I used to have to do all the time
Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
Now, no one has to wait anymore. At this moment, when so much of how we communicate is fleeting and inconsequential, join us in creating this digital archive of conversations that are enduring and important. Help us create this gift to our children, this testament to who we are as human beings.
Video examples
Rives: The Museum of...
for the second time, and since I was still an authority on nothing, I thought, what if I made a multimedia presentation on a topic so niche it is actually inconsequential or actually cockamamie. So my talk had some of my four in the morning examples, but it also had examples
Video examples
Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
people in the world to call this boundary hodgson's line that's because before our team started researching the story no one knew where the line came from it's amazing that you could have such a seemingly inconsequential mistake
Video examples
After billions of years...
And there is nothing out there of which it can truly be said, "Look, this is new." Nevertheless, at some point during the great monotony, there was an event -- inconsequential at the time, and even billions of years later,
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
There were no breaks for food, no water breaks, and the severe dehydration made urinating pretty much inconsequential. So pervasive was the heat and the dust that my camera became too hot to even touch and ceased working.
Video examples
This ancient rock is...
So why care about the history of our planet when the distant past seems so inconsequential to everyday life? You see, as far as we can tell, Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to have sparked life,
Video examples
Eman Mohammed: The...
To men, women's stories were seen as inconsequential. I started paying closer attention to women's lives in Gaza. Because of my gender, I had access to worlds where my colleagues were forbidden.
Video examples
The urgency of...
So first of all, black women weren't allowed to work at the plant. Second of all, the court doubled down on this exclusion by making it legally inconsequential.
Video examples
The lies we tell...
Or movie after movie after movie that portrays women as only love interests? These examples might seem inconsequential and harmless, but they're insidious,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Norm MacDonald
Canadian Actor
Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time.
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James Tate
American Poet
I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.
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Boris Johnson
British Politician
It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
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William Thomas
American Athlete
Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential.
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George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
Something that can be so vital at one point can be inconsequential at another. I'm just intrigued by that phenomenon.
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Charles Comiskey
American Athlete
It is the small things in life which count; it is the inconsequential leak which empties the biggest reservoir.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Child 44' has no room for inconsequential choices because Stalinist Russia had no room for them, either.
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George Kotsiopoulos
American Editor
The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
A small, seemingly inconsequential event can determine a life.
Quote examples
Norm MacDonald
Canadian Actor
Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time.
Quote examples
James Tate
American Poet
I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.
Quote examples
Boris Johnson
British Politician
It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
Quote examples
William Thomas
American Athlete
Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential.
Quote examples
George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
Something that can be so vital at one point can be inconsequential at another. I'm just intrigued by that phenomenon.
Quote examples
Charles Comiskey
American Athlete
It is the small things in life which count; it is the inconsequential leak which empties the biggest reservoir.
Quote examples
Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Child 44' has no room for inconsequential choices because Stalinist Russia had no room for them, either.
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George Kotsiopoulos
American Editor
The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
A small, seemingly inconsequential event can determine a life.
Example 1 of 10
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