1.
[syn: inconsequent, inconsequential]
2. not following logically as a consequence;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inconsequential \In*con`se*quen"tial\, a.
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant;
unimportant; of no consequence. --Chesterfield. --
In*con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inconsequential
adj 1: lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and
inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was
managed like a puppet" [syn: inconsequent,
inconsequential]
2: not following logically as a consequence
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconsequential":
absonant, back-burner, contradictory, contrary to reason, cursory,
depthless, dinky, dispensable, fallacious, faulty, few, flawed,
footling, illogical, immaterial, inappreciable, inauthentic,
inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsiderable,
inconsistent, inessential, inferior, insignificant, invalid,
irrational, irrelevant, lightweight, little, loose, low, meager,
miniature, minor, minute, negligible, no great shakes,
nonessential, nonscientific, not following, not vital, nugatory,
paltry, paralogical, petit, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling,
reasonless, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting,
senseless, shallow, short, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial,
technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unauthentic, unconnected,
unessential, unimportant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy,
unphilosophical, unreasonable, unscientific, without reason,
worthless