whatever
adverb, conjunction, determiner, pronoun
used for saying that what happens or what is true is not important, because it makes no difference to the situation
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Words used for saying that something is unimportant
anyhow
adverb
used when stating a particular fact which shows that something that has just been mentioned is not important
anyway
adverb
used when stating a particular fact that shows that something just mentioned is not important
no...to speak of
used for saying that something is so unimportant or so small that it is not worth mentioning
no matter how/where/what etc
used for saying that something is not important or will not have an effect
not to worry
used for telling someone that something is not important
I’m not bothered
used for saying that something is not important to you
so what?/what of it ?
used for showing someone that you think a particular fact that they have mentioned is not important
who cares?
used for saying that you do not think something is important and that you are not worried about it
any
adverb, determiner, pronoun
used when it is not important to say which person or thing you are referring to, because what you are saying applies to everyone or everything
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