inconsiderable
adjective/ˌɪnkənˈsɪdrəbl/
/ˌɪnkənˈsɪdrəbl/
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘impossible to imagine’): from French, or from late Latin inconsiderabilis, from in- ‘not’ + considerabilis ‘worthy of consideration’, from Latin considerare ‘examine’.
Idioms Idioms
See inconsiderable in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynot inconsiderable
- (formal) large; large enough to be considered important
- We have spent a not inconsiderable amount of money on the project already.
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