insignificantadjective
uk/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/C1 small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important :
Why bother arguing about such an insignificant amount of money?
The difference between the two results was insignificant.
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- neither
- peripheral
- petty
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- stay on the sidelines idiom
- subordinate
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insignificantly
adverb uk/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt.li/us/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt.li/
insignificance
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
The traumas of my own upbringing pale/fade into insignificance (= seem very unimportant) when I hear stories about the way Peter's parents treated him.