Chief
Chief adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: our chief priority this year will be cutting the budget
Nearby Word: chiefly
Unimportant
Unimportant adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: we figured that the details were unimportant as long as we got the basic design correct
Chief is an antonym for unimportant.
Nearby Words: unimportance, unimportantly
Both words in one sentence
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A popular interpretation posits this is why he was in a dead-end position in an unimportant government agency.Rogard: You'll be Chief Inspector of Subway Toilets by the time I'm through with you!
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Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation, who went from being an unimportant helmsman in the show's pilot to a recurring secondary character as a transporter chief and then on to be a major character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Batman even takes time out to explain something unimportant to Chief O'Hara.
Source: Magic Countdown
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Unimportant and Chief. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/unimportant
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Unimportant or Chief. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/unimportant.
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