insignificant
unimportant, 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.
a word, thing, or person without significance.
Origin of insignificant
1Other 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 Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns | Arnold BennettThe proportion of the business transacted in a so-called legal manner is insignificantly small.
The Man in Court | Frederic DeWitt WellsRemember thy mother: how insignificantly small were her 259 demands, and what lot fell to her share?
A Nobleman's Nest | Ivan TurgenieffOnly a nobleman may be original; a poor penniless wretch upon town must be humbly and insignificantly commonplace.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida | OuidaTheir numbers are so insignificantly small as not to be separately defined.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
British Dictionary definitions for insignificant
/ (ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt) /
having little or no importance; trifling
almost or relatively meaningless
small or inadequate: an insignificant wage
not distinctive in character, etc
Derived forms of insignificant
- insignificance or insignificancy, noun
- insignificantly, adverb
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