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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

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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a part of an atom that moves around the nucleus (=centre) and has a negative electrical charge

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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