attach little importance to

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Doubtless land is not distant, whence these weeds have drifted, but I attach little importance to its sight, or discovery.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

I was inclined foolishly but naturally, to attach little importance to anything which had been done entirely without me, ridiculed their objections, and forced my decision upon them. 

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark

For their own part they appeared to attach little importance to this, but they declared that the guide would be punished by the offended "bolvans."

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Astral beings therefore attach little importance to facial features.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

He appears to attach little importance to himself, but to have much confidence in God, in reference to his exertions. 

From The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies by Crabb, James