Synonyms for inconsiderable
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Trifling — too unimportant to be worthy of attention
trifling, minor, paltry, insignificant, little, trivial, small, negligible, unimportant, petty, slight, meager US CA, meagre UK, immaterial, piddling, inconsequential, picayune US, weak, light, minute, inconsiderate, expendable, picayunish
Definitions
- adj. 1
Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.
Related words
- Word family
- inconsiderableness
Example sentences
- minor Since you're a minor, you aren't allowed to enter.
- insignificant There is no such thing as an insignificant detail.
- paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
- trifling Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inconsiderable | falling | |
| minor | falling | |
| insignificant | falling | |
| paltry | rising | |
| trifling | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1
- 5 letters
- small1, light1, minor2, petty2
- 6 letters
- little2, minute2, slight1, meager2, paltry2, meagre
- 7 letters
- trivial3
- 8 letters
- trifling2, picayune3, piddling3
- 10 letters
- negligible4, expendable4, immaterial5, picayunish
- 11 letters
- unimportant4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5, inconsiderate
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minor2 = 2 syllables).