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I doubt there is a sign for "unimportant" in ASL. I would sign, "not-important" while shaking head showing negation.
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You can sign IMPORTANT and shake your head for negation.
Or, you can use the sign for UNIMPORTANT. The sign starts like IMPORTANT but when your two F-hands meet at the top you immediately open them into 5-hands, palms facing down, and spread them apart with a dropping motion. Use the appropriate dismissive facial expression, of course.
Depending on the context, you can also use NOTHING-TO-IT, or WHATEVER, or various other ways to signify the unimportance of an object or activity.
Or, you can use the sign for UNIMPORTANT. The sign starts like IMPORTANT but when your two F-hands meet at the top you immediately open them into 5-hands, palms facing down, and spread them apart with a dropping motion. Use the appropriate dismissive facial expression, of course.
Depending on the context, you can also use NOTHING-TO-IT, or WHATEVER, or various other ways to signify the unimportance of an object or activity.
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palms down, 2 F handshapes shake them. this would be like when a hearing person says something and you would ask them what they said. their reply is, "Oh, its nothing". that would be the English gloss for the this sign.
I think it actually comes from a lazy version of Reba's sign above. not positive
I think it actually comes from a lazy version of Reba's sign above. not positive