About The Word Insignificant
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Insignificant
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What's The Definition Of Insignificant?
[adj] not large enough to consider or notice
[adj] not worthy of notice [adj] of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" [adj] signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall [adj] not important or noteworthy Synonyms | Synonyms for Insignificant: hole-and-corner | hole-in-corner | inappreciable | inconsiderable | light | meaningless | minor | peanut | superficial | trivial | undistinguished | unimportant | unmeaning | unnoticeable Related Terms | Find terms related to Insignificant: aimless | back-burner | casual | cursory | depthless | designless | dinky | dispensable | empty | few | footling | garbled | immaterial | importless | inane | inappreciable | inconsequential | inconsiderable | inessential | inferior | insubstantial | irrelevant | lesser | light | little | low | meager | meaningless | miniature | minor | minute | negligible | niggling | no great shakes | nonconnotative | nondenotative | nonessential | not vital | nugatory | null | paltry | petit | petty | phatic | picayune | picayunish | piddling | pointless | puny | purportless | purposeless | scrambled | secondary | senseless | shallow | shoestring | short | skin-deep | small | small-beer | small-fry | small-time | superficial | technical | tiny | trifling | trivial | unessential | unimportant | unimpressive | unmeaning | unnoteworthy | unsignificant | unsubstantial See Also | Insignificant In Webster's Dictionary \In`sig*nif"i*cant\, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import;
meaningless; as, insignificant words.
2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.
Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean;
contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;
inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
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