The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word IMMATERIAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result IMMATERIAL
- “Mum!” I announced loudly at first – after one minute, it’s irrelevant
- Compiler’s perhaps felt irrelevant
- “One is Charles’ mother
- Tiny measure taken by second of defendants in a hearing unimportant
- One time alarm goes off and it’s unimportant!
- Unimportant false alarm I emit
- Unimportant stuff this person’s brought to the fore
- I should appear before time alarm goes off? It's unimportant
- This setter’s stuff is irrelevant
- Irrelevant alarm I time to go off
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The straight part
We know that "unimportant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unimportant = immaterial.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IMMATERIAL mean?
IMMATERIAL adjective- Having no matter or substance.
- So insubstantial as to be irrelevant.