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inconsequential

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/ / /ɪnˌkɒn.səˈkwɛn.ʃəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English consequential English inconsequential From in- + consequential.

  1. 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.

    “[…]Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it—but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone—” He broke off uneasily.

  2. Not logically following from the premises.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English consequential English inconsequential From in- + consequential.

  1. Something unimportant; something that does not matter.