unimportant
/ˌʌnɪmˈpɔɹtənt/adjective
unimportant is spelled U-N-I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-T: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unimportant means “petty; not important or noteworthy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unimportant?
| Letters | 11: U-N-I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unimportant?
Unimportant appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unimportant?
- UK /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt/
- US /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔɹtənt/
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtənt/
Unimportant has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-unimportant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unimportant
- more unimportant comparative
- most unimportant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unimportant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
petty; not important or noteworthy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unimportant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not important or noteworthy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sans importance |
| German | unwichtig |
| Portuguese | desimportante |
| Spanish | sin importancia, poco importante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unimportant come from?
From un- + important.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).