inconsiderable

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.

   • [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.
2. 2

   Impossible to consider as a possibility

   Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable.

   • It is not inconsiderable to me that all the above can simultaneously exist.

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