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View usage for: (ɪnsɪgnɪfɪkəns) uncountable nounInsignificance is the quality of being insignificant. The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation. The event was regarded as of such insignificance that not one major newspaper carrieda report. Synonyms: unimportance, irrelevance, triviality, pettiness More Synonyms of insignificance Examples of 'insignificance' in a sentenceinsignificance My salary pales into insignificance compared to the bankers.But their contribution pales into insignificance compared to that of the plants.The many problems we face in life pale into insignificance, compared to what he had to endure.Regulation is important, but the environmental problems of gas pale into insignificance when compared withthe coal it would replace.But all that pales into insignificance alongside the 2million forked out by chief constables so that coppers can listen to the radio.But these great men (and women) pale into insignificance next to him.The risks of eating too much fat or salt (which are very different) pale into insignificance compared with the harm done by sugar. In other languagesinsignificance British English: insignificance NOUN Insignificance is the quality of being insignificant. The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation. - American English: insignificance
- Brazilian Portuguese: insignificância
- Chinese: 不重要
- European Spanish: insignificancia
- French: insignifiance
- German: Bedeutungslosigkeit
- Italian: scarsa importanza
- Japanese: 無意味
- Korean: 하찮음
- European Portuguese: insignificância
- Latin American Spanish: insignificancia
The event was regarded as of total insignificance. Synonyms unimportance pettiness worthlessness meaninglessness inconsequence immateriality paltriness negligibility Opposites weight , importance , consequence , significance , relevance , meaningfulness , matter , worth Additional synonymsthe utter irrelevance of the debate Synonyms inappropriateness, inapplicability, inaptness, unconnectedness, pointlessness, non sequitur, inconsequence, extraneousness, inappositeness news items of quite astonishing triviality Synonyms insignificance, frivolity, smallness, pettiness, worthlessness, meaninglessness, unimportance, littleness, slightness, triteness, paltriness, inconsequentiality, valuelessness, negligibility, much ado about nothing |