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# inconsequential

adjective (inconsequential)

«inconsequential» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not important; too small to matter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#m1)

### In the lessons

In formal writing and stories it tells the reader that a detail does not matter: «an inconsequential remark». In science and maths it can describe a tiny difference that makes no real change. Phrases: inconsequential details, an inconsequential mistake.

### Examples

- Don't worry about the inconsequential details; focus on the main idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x1)
- The scratch on the car was inconsequential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x2)
- They chatted about inconsequential things like the weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x3)
- The difference of one gram is inconsequential in this recipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x4)
- What seemed an inconsequential choice changed the whole story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x5)
- Her mistake was inconsequential and did not affect the result. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Opposite: important, significant, consequential. From «consequence» with the prefix in- (not). Similar: trivial, minor, unimportant.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inconsequential» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconsequential/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inconsequential» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inconsequential.html) on Mova free.