Pronunciations (4)
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/ɪnˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
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/ɪnˌkɒn.səˈkwɛn.ʃəl/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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ɪnˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl
Pronunciation notes
- CA
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ɪnˌkɒn.səˈkwɛn.ʃəl
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.
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You will never know the exact atomic time when you started reading this phrase; of course, that's inconsequential.
More examples (1)
“[…]Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it—but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone—” He broke off uneasily.
Not logically following from the premises.
Noun
Something unimportant; something that does not matter.
Adjective
lacking worth or importance
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his work seems trivial and inconsequential
the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet
not following logically as a consequence