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adjective

inconsequential

lacking worth or importance

In a sentence

Six example sentences with inconsequential, each labelled with its topic.

  • A tenth of a percent sounds inconsequential until you apply it to forty years of compounding pension contributions.

    Economics

  • The retoucher removed an inconsequential speck of dust that nobody would have noticed at print size.

    Photography

  • Most side quests are inconsequential, but this one quietly decides which ending the final chapter gives you.

    Gaming

  • The turnover looked inconsequential in the second quarter, but the coach traced the whole collapse back to it afterward.

    Basketball

  • The judge ruled the typo inconsequential, since both parties clearly understood which warehouse the lease described.

    Law

  • A pinch more salt seems inconsequential, yet in bread it changes how fast the dough rises.

    Cooking

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