minor importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandimportance
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minor
adjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofminorandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this incentive tool is limited and currently is ofminorimportance.
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The latter must give way as ofminorimportance.
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Until comparatively recently this insect from all accounts was regarded as merely one ofminorimportance.
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Leaves are ofminorimportance(respectively, 0%, 0.7% and 1.2%), as are other types of vegetable matter (respectively, 6.5%, 0% and 1.6%).
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Therefore, the assistant conservator wrote, ' ecological considerations are of relativelyminorimportance'.
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The side effects such as alopezia, sickness, drowsiness, are rare and ofminorimportance.
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Differences in governance may also play a role, but, compared to the scale effects, they seem to be ofminorimportance.
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Although this emplacement is ofminorimportanceas an intrusive event, it further demonstrates the dominance of structurally controlled melt injection.
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Wombats should be considered as an intermediate host but only ofminorimportance.
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If not, variations in memory for input can be assumed to be ofminorimportanceto inductive learning compared with other sources of individual differences.
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The remainder of factors were only ofminorimportance.
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This effect is generally of relativelyminorimportanceif there are spillover benefits to a large number of other polluting firms.
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Usually less apparent are diversity changes within the coal-bearing strata, where sampling bias and low fossilization potential are of onlyminorimportance.
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I therefore considered this potential bias to be ofminorimportanceto the results on the point scale.
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Therefore, winter temperature seems to be ofminorimportancein regional variation of genotypes with different life cycle categories.
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Based on the experience of others, 4 it might well have been ofminorimportance.
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This is ofminorimportancebut it does cause difficulty in an attempt to compare the resulting sail profiles with previously derived ones.
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Arthropods, nematodes, rodents, birds or snails cause significant losses in some regions, whereas losses due to viruses are ofminorimportanceworldwide.
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Our figures fall within the range quoted, but we have emphasized that the majority of post-operative complications are ofminorimportance.
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The effect of nonresponse on the results was assumed to be ofminorimportance.
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