1
as in small
lacking importance
the duties of the club's vice president are inconsiderable by any standard
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as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
an inconsiderable number of complaints about the car seat
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Recent Examples of inconsiderable
The base Taycan, which starts at a not-inconsiderable $86,700 for the 2023 model year makes do with just a single electric motor driving the rear wheels.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022
Then, there are the not inconsiderable logistical problems.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2011
First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
It was reputedly sold soon thereafter for $15,000, a not inconsiderable sum in 1958.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsiderable
Adjective
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Places to Eat Bryce Canyon Coffee Co. Both Green and LeFevre suggest starting your day at Bryce Canyon Coffee Co. in Tropic, a small community in the Bryce Valley area.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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The foyer is often a small space, so a hall tree can be overbearing.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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Sugarcane honey is a concentrated form of sugarcane juice that has a slight licorice taste and a touch of bitterness.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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The cab driver suffered minor back and neck injuries in the crash and claimed Zangrilli was drunk but the responding officer sent the inspector on his way, telling the cabbie to file an accident report at an NYPD precinct.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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According to a statement from the Danville Police Department, the drivers of both vehicles suffered minor injuries, while two other passengers in the truck were unhurt.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency, which Trump says Musk heads despite another nominal administrator, led to firing tens of thousands of workers and targeted more.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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The exposures listed on the initial holdings list do add up to more than 100%, with nominal bonds as the biggest category.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2025
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But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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In many cases, these communities had gotten little federal attention for generations, Ortiz said.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump sees Canada as an insignificant global player and weak neighbor, and incapable of winning a trade war with us, officials say.—
Axios,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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That said, exit velocity cannot be faked, and sharing company with the likes of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani isn’t insignificant.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Council President Joe LaCava defended the city’s focus on something so relatively unimportant compared to closing a $258 million deficit that is expected to require substantial budget cuts.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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With that much water needed for even the most trifling tasks, the natural question becomes: How does that water reach those data centers, let alone the world’s farms and factories?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2010
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And yet the movie’s insularity feels trifling and empty.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2024
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“Inconsiderable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsiderable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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