Dictionary Definition
inconsequential adj
1 lacking worth or importance; "his work seems
trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was
managed like a puppet" [syn: inconsequent]
2 not following logically as a consequence
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
ipacregion CanadaAdjective
- 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.
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Translations
Having no consequence
- Finnish: vähäpätöinen, merkityksetön
- Swedish: oviktig
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absonant, back-burner, contradictory, contrary to
reason, cursory,
depthless, dinky, dispensable, fallacious, faulty, few, flawed, footling, illogical, immaterial, inappreciable, inauthentic, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inconsistent, inessential, inferior, insignificant, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, lightweight, little, loose, low, meager, miniature, minor, minute, negligible, no great shakes,
nonessential,
nonscientific, not
following, not vital, nugatory, paltry, paralogical, petit, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, reasonless, self-annulling,
self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless, shallow, short, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial, technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unauthentic, unconnected, unessential, unimportant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy, unphilosophical,
unreasonable,
unscientific,
without reason, worthless