secondary importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecondaryandimportance
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secondary
adjective
uk/ˈsek.ən.dri/us/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The writer's intention, and the techniques by which it is accomplished, can be considered irrelevant, or at best ofsecondaryimportance.
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This illustrates that the collapse is essentially an effect of stratification and the viscous effects are ofsecondaryimportance.
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In this context, estimating the level of impurity in the seed lot is ofsecondaryimportance.
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I suspect that such factors as "inter-reflections between surfaces," though certainly demonstrable and interesting, are ofsecondaryimportanceeven in most natural environments.
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These mixed economies match unconditional observations better, but only if the intermediation shocks are ofsecondaryimportance.
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The issue of whether the zero-reflexive alternation arose diachronically through elimination of the reflexive object is ofsecondaryimportanceand is not addressed here.
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Content was to be concentrated, mistakes were ofsecondaryimportance.
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These movements are ofsecondaryimportancewith respect to the actual instrument manipulation, but for a realistic virtual musician display, they are absolutely essential.
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The polarisation of society largely centred upon personal allegiance, with the result that truly ideological distinctions were relegated tosecondaryimportance.
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Short-term variations of the socio-economic system are therefore in themselves ofsecondaryimportance.
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The small-scale structure appears to be of onlysecondaryimportanceon the gross flow patterns and on the force and lift coefficients.
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Objects that are ofsecondaryimportancewithin a particular context would become smaller.
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Within such a framework, we only have to argue that overall equality is ofsecondaryimportance.
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In the family age is ofsecondaryimportance.
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Dogs and cats are ofsecondaryimportancefor parasite propagation, but may play an important role in transmission to humans.
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Yet this fact was ofsecondaryimportanceto composers and listeners, more impressed with the possibility of using new sounds and finding new combinations.
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The cellular organization of plants and animals was then ofsecondaryimportancebehind the more essential chemical and physical properties of living protoplasm.
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The performative content of these productions is of asecondaryimportanceto my argument.
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