Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inconsiderable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: in-con-sid-er-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.

adj

Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable.

Example Sentences

"[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide."
"There will be inconsiderable rises in British Railways day return fares in the London Area; those priced at 2s. and over are unchanged, as are the ordinary single fares."
"An NGTF statement will mean little to the world outside — which believes we are all leftists anyway — but it would have a real effect on those lesbians and gays, particularly those — and they are not inconsiderable — who support Reagan."
"It is not inconsiderable to me that all the above can simultaneously exist."

Etymology

From Middle French inconsidérable. By surface analysis, in- + considerable.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: inconsidérable

Inflected Forms

more inconsiderable (comparative) most inconsiderable (superlative)

Derived Forms

inconsiderableness inconsiderably

Synonyms

negligible trivial unconsiderable base contemptible floccinaucinihilipilificatious foolish for the birds futile frivolous idle ignorable

Questions

What does inconsiderable mean?: Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.
Where does inconsiderable come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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