different between unimportant vs podunk

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

unimportant From the web:

  • what's important as compared
  • what's unimportant mean
  • what unimportant in tagalog
  • what does unimportant mean
  • what is unimportant in life
  • what seems important to the general population
  • what do unimportant mean
  • what does unimportant


podunk

English

Etymology

From Podunk, a mythical small town of no importance, that from Eastern Algonquian.

Adjective

podunk (comparative more podunk, superlative most podunk)

  1. (US) Small, rural, and unimportant.

Synonyms

  • backwater
  • boonies
  • drinkwater
  • jerkwater

See also

  • Podunk
  • Thesaurus:remote place

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