1. the quality or state of being secondary; subordinate importance or rank
Usage: formal; academic

Examples

• The secondariness of the supporting evidence weakened the argument.
• She resented the secondariness of her role in the project.
• The committee discussed the secondariness of environmental concerns in the budget.
• His work’s secondariness to the main research became apparent over time.
• The secondariness of these issues should not diminish their importance.
• They questioned the secondariness assigned to public health funding.