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in⋅sig⋅nif⋅i⋅cant

[in-sig-nif-i-kuhnt]
–adjective
1. unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
2. too small to be important: an insignificant sum.
3. of no consequence, influence, or distinction: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat.
4. without weight of character; contemptible: an insignificant fellow.
5. without meaning; meaningless: insignificant sounds.
–noun
6. a word, thing, or person without significance.

Origin:
1620–30; in- 3 + significant


in⋅sig⋅nif⋅i⋅cant⋅ly, adverb


2. trifling, minute, minuscule, picayune.
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insignificant 
1651, from in- "not" + significant (see significance).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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