MEANING
Too slight in significance or effect to matter much in context.
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Words that belong together
- an inconsequential detail
- an inconsequential error
On the page
The missing comma seemed inconsequential until they compared the two readings.
She discarded an inconsequential detail that had distracted the earlier account.
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Word forms
- Base
- inconsequential
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more inconsequential; superlative most inconsequential where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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