different between unimportant vs niggling

unimportant

English

Etymology

un- +? important

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po(?)?t?nt/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po?.t?nt/

Adjective

unimportant (comparative more unimportant, superlative most unimportant)

  1. petty; not important or noteworthy
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant
    Antonym: important

Derived terms

  • unimportantly

Related terms

  • unimportance

Translations

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niggling

English

Verb

niggling

  1. present participle of niggle

Adjective

niggling

  1. petty
    • 1863, Charles Darwin's letter to J. D. Hooker, 14th of July 1863
      My dear Hooker, I am getting very much amused by my tendrils, it is just the sort of niggling work which suits me, and takes up no time and rather rests me whilst writing.

Noun

niggling (plural nigglings)

  1. A sensation that niggles.
    • 2009, Jenny Parratt, Feelings of Change: Stories of Having a Baby (page 10)
      Occasionally a paranoia or slight insecurity that is not based on reality will bring nigglings of that bad time.

Anagrams

  • gingling

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