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Unimportant

unimportant

adjective

not important or relevant

minor

adjective

not very important in comparison with people or things of the same type

irrelevant

adjective

not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing

meaningless

adjective

without any clear purpose or importance

petty

adjective

not important and not worth worrying about

inconsequential

adjective

not important

unconsidered

adjective

ignored, or unimportant

superficial

adjective

not important or not having a serious effect

of no consequence/of little consequence

not important in any way/not very important

small

adjective

not very important or difficult

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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