insignificant

[ in-sig-nif-i-kuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.

  2. too small to be important: an insignificant sum.

  1. of no consequence, influence, or distinction: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat.

  2. without weight of character; contemptible: an insignificant fellow.

  3. without meaning; meaningless: insignificant sounds.

noun
  1. a word, thing, or person without significance.

Origin of insignificant

1
First recorded in 1620–30; in-3 + significant

Other words for insignificant

Other words from insignificant

  • in·sig·nif·i·cant·ly, adverb

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How to use insignificant in a sentence

  • It was indeed naught but a nondescript box of a hole insignificantly wedged between the state apartments and the outer lobby.

  • The proportion of the business transacted in a so-called legal manner is insignificantly small.

    The Man in Court | Frederic DeWitt Wells
  • Remember thy mother: how insignificantly small were her 259 demands, and what lot fell to her share?

    A Nobleman's Nest | Ivan Turgenieff
  • Only a nobleman may be original; a poor penniless wretch upon town must be humbly and insignificantly commonplace.

  • Their numbers are so insignificantly small as not to be separately defined.

British Dictionary definitions for insignificant

insignificant

/ (ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt) /


adjective
  1. having little or no importance; trifling

  2. almost or relatively meaningless

  1. small or inadequate: an insignificant wage

  2. not distinctive in character, etc

Derived forms of insignificant

  • insignificance or insignificancy, noun
  • insignificantly, adverb

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