" inconsequential "

1: lacking importance;

  * e.g., " ... that's an inconsequential problem compared to the other issues "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fiddling,

•  foolish,

•  frivolous,

•  incidental,

•  inconsiderable,

•  insignificant,

•  little,

•  Mickey Mouse,

•  minor,

•  minute,

•  negligible,

•  nugatory,

•  slight,

•  small,

•  small-fry,

•  trifling,

•  trivial,

•  unimportant

•  Antonyms : 

•  big,

•  consequential,

•  eventful,

•  important,

•  major,

•  material,

•  meaningful,

•  momentous,

•  significant,

•  substantial,

•  unfrivolous,

•  weighty

2: so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention;

  * e.g., " ... an inconsequential error that does nothing to lessen the value of the report "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chicken,

•  de minimis,

•  footling,

•  inconsiderable,

•  insignificant,

•  measly,

•  Mickey Mouse,

•  minute,

•  negligible,

•  niggling,

•  no-account,

•  nominal,

•  paltry,

•  peanut,

•  petty,

•  picayune,

•  piddling,

•  piddly,

•  piffling,

•  pimping,

•  slight,

•  trifling,

•  trivial

•  Antonyms : 

•  big,

•  consequential,

•  considerable,

•  important,

•  material,

•  significant

3: not using or following good reasoning;

  * e.g., " ... an inconsequential line of argument that did little to further the prosecution's case "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fallacious,

•  illegitimate,

•  illogical,

•  inconsequent,

•  invalid,

•  irrational,

•  nonrational,

•  unreasonable,

•  unreasoning,

•  unsound,

•  weak

•  Antonyms : 

•  logical,

•  rational,

•  reasonable,

•  sound,

•  valid,

•  well-founded,

•  well-grounded