be of no account

be of no account

To be of no or very little importance, significance, or worth. Seeing as his contributions to this institution have been of no account, we're considering cutting his funding. Don't worry, the investigators on this case are of no account, so I'm confident our involvement will go undetected.

See also: account, no, of

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