In the end of World war I, American soldiers were told to brush their teeth and shave every morning.
It means not intended to be taken seriously; said in jest.
No.
Hygiene is a precautionary step taken in order to prevent infections and cleanliness comes next to that.
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously
Undervalued.
Confucius was taken seriously. His ideas became a religion!
A scientific theory should be taken seriously if it can correctly describe a phenomenon and their is sufficient evidence that it describes the phenomenon accurately.
makeup tends to give us more confidence and professionalism (as long as it's not a lot). we don't want to appear as if we don't care about our job, so we take time to look nice for it.. Just because a woman wears makeup in no way implies that she can not be taken seriously at work. I wear makeup to work every day and I am in a position of authority and I guarantee you that I am taken very seriously by the men that work for me. I maintain a very high standard of personal hygiene and that includes wearing natural looking makeup.
trivial
something not to be taken literally or seriously
in my opinion droughts are often taken less seriously because the factor of the disaster is water which is a renewable and easily supplied resource . tornados and hurricanes are taken more seriously because its impossible to prevent it from happening unlike droughts which are preventable.
Skin issues are very common among amputees. Because amputees require an unusually high demand from their skin, and because not wearing a prostheses is often not an option, they sometimes dismiss the importance of hygiene and monitoring of their skin. Skin issues need to be taken seriously.