insignificant

adjective as in not important; of no consequence

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inconsequential, infinitesimal, irrelevant, meager, meaningless, minimal, minor, minuscule, negligible, paltry, pointless, senseless, trivial, unimportant

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casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsiderable, lesser, light, lightweight, little, minim, minute, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, petty, purportless, scanty, secondary, small, trifling, unsubstantial

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“Everybody recognized this moment and worked together across their differences, which were not insignificant,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times

JNIM's "choice to target buses and tankers is not insignificant - it aims to strike at the heart of Mali's social and economic mobility", Bamada.net reported last week.

From BBC

John Adams, the nation’s first vice president, declared the position to be “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived.”

From Salon

As the judge in that case noted, the law is not concerned with insignificant trifles.

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The fundraising effort, he said, is “not insignificant... considering the 90-day sprint.”

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