inconsequential

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Think racism, religion, and all the inconsequential issues that Republicans trumpet, to the cost of a stable economy and international relations.

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  1. adjective Lacking importance.
  2. adjective Not following from premises or evidence; illogical.
  3. noun A triviality.

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  • I doubt those goo balls will bother with this inconsequential island. —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
  • She looked at him and said something inconsequential, her voice like a Turkish oboe, nasal and low, and hearing it he remembered what the vision of Akbar had said to him during his immersion in the light: the one you seek is elsewhere. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • My vote is that the content added is legitimate and inconsequential, and is a reasonable editorial addition, but I would like this to be commented on by the Editor in chief (aka Larry: -) (at a minimum-hopefully others also) as far as a precedent goes. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • If you're seriously going to throw a hissy fit over something so inconsequential, the problem is yours, not his. —  بالاترین
  • While I've sensed in some commentators a rush to excuse his comments as unintended and inconsequential, and therefore hardly worthy of rebuke, I believe such an attitude reveals a double-standard in the way our society views and treats people who are disabled. —  Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
 

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