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unrevolutionary
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/ us /ˌʌn.rev.əˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
unrevolutionaryadjective (IN POLITICS/HISTORY)
not involved in, typical of, or related to a political revolution(= a major change in the way a country is governed, often using violence):
He was eventually denounced for unrevolutionary behaviour.
He highlighted those historians who only applied their analysis to unrevolutionary periods.
The new administration seemed focused on distinctly unrevolutionary activities such as an attempt to boost the tourist industry.
unrevolutionaryadjective (NOT IMPORTANT)
not completely new or having a great effect:
It's a fun but unrevolutionary game.
What I see is an often original but unrevolutionary painter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
be in/under someone's shadowidiom
be neither here nor thereidiom
big deal
biggie
derisory
marginal
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaninglessness
mere
picayune
picture
piddling
piddly
piffling
unserious
unseriousness
venial
vestigial
vestigially
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