Important and Minute

Important

Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.

Minute is an antonym for important.

Minute

Minute adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life

Important is an antonym for minute in topics: negligible, exact, unimportant, very small.

Nearby Words: minutely, minuteness, minuted, minuting

Both words in one sentence

  • Theatre / Heathers She was still very important in the movie, but she was killed twenty minutes in and then only re-appeared once for about a minute in a dream.
  • When Han saves Luke from Darth Vader at the last minute he grows as a character, finding his loyalty to his Fire Forged Friend is important enough to risk his life for.
  • This Is What the Building Will Look Like Important: If we see the actual building in anything before the last minute of the show, it doesn't count.
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