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[ in-sig-nif-i-kuhnt ] / ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR insignificant ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details. too small to be important: an insignificant sum. of no consequence, influence, or distinction: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat. without weight of character; contemptible: an insignificant fellow. without meaning; meaningless: insignificant sounds. nouna word, thing, or person without significance. Origin of insignificantFirst recorded in 1620–30; in-3 + significant SYNONYMS FOR insignificant2 trifling, minute, minuscule, picayune. SEE SYNONYMS FOR insignificant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM insignificantin·sig·nif·i·cant·ly, adverbWords nearby insignificantinsightful, insigne, insignia, insignificance, insignificancy, insignificant, insincere, insincerity, in single file, insinuate, insinuating Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for insignificant“He was an absolutely gray and insignificant personality,” says Kurnosova. Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev|Anna Nemtsova|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST In fact, most of the false rumors they tracked on Twitter showed low to insignificant propagation. TRAILS: The Tool That Tracks Truth and Lies On Twitter|Brandy Zadrozny|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whatever irregularities occurred were accidental and insignificant. Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era|Gary May|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress was meant to be "insignificant." Beyonce Named Most Powerful Celebrity; Kanye West is Back at A.P.C.|The Fashion Beast Team|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maliki—no Thomas Jefferson to begin with—was not about to risk his political life over such an insignificant contingent. Blame The Obama Doctrine For Iraq|Stuart Gottlieb|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST No insignificant proof this of the mechanical skill of the eleventh century. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed.|Elizabeth Stone In no insignificant number of cases the vote is a cover by which revolutionary demands can be given a conventional front. A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann They were too insignificant to attract much attention from the government, or excite the jealousy of a great corporation. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M. For he was in his own eyes an insignificant person compared to John Falconer, who had done things worth doing in the world. The Port of Adventure|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson How small, how insignificant they seemed amid this hungry emptiness of desolation. Incredible Adventures|Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for insignificant
adjectivehaving little or no importance; trifling almost or relatively meaningless small or inadequatean insignificant wage not distinctive in character, etc Derived forms of insignificantinsignificance or insignificancy, nouninsignificantly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to insignificantpaltry, pointless, minuscule, senseless, inconsequential, meaningless, unimportant, infinitesimal, negligible, minor, irrelevant, meager, trivial, minimal, casual, immaterial, lesser, light, lightweight, little |