inconsiderable
inconsiderable 英 [ˌɪnkənˈsɪdrəbl] 美 [ˌɪnkənˈsɪdərəbəl]
adj. 不足取的；不值得考虑的；琐屑的
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- adj. 不足取的；不值得考虑的；琐屑的
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1. Exporting may involve a not inconsiderable investment of resources.
出口牵涉到的资源投资是很庞大的。
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2. The immediate advantage to herself was by no means inconsiderable , for it supplied her with endless jokes against them both.
当然，她自己也可直接占到不少便宜，因为这为她戏弄他们两人提供了无穷无尽的笑料。
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3. Earning Samuelson not inconsiderable profit as well as fame, the book symbolises his not always successful efforts at maintaining the discipline's relevance to the world outside.
这本书为萨缪尔森赢得了不小的收入和声誉，象征着他在保持经济学对于外界的相关性方面的努力——这种努力并非总是成功的。
- inconsiderable (adj.) 1590s, "incalculable;" from 1630s as "not worthy of consideration or notice," from French inconsidérable (16c.), from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + considérable (see considerable). Related: Inconsiderably. OED has found an instance of the rare verb inconsider from 1697.
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