insignificant
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in·sig·nif·i·cant
(ĭn′sĭg-nĭf′ĭ-kənt)adj.
1. Not significant, especially:
a. Lacking in importance; trivial.
b. Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
c. Small in size or amount.
2. Having little or no meaning.
in′sig·nif′i·cant·ly adv.
insignificant
(ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt)adj
1. having little or no importance; trifling
2. almost or relatively meaningless
3. small or inadequate: an insignificant wage.
4. not distinctive in character, etc
ˌinsigˈnificance, ˌinsigˈnificancy n
ˌinsigˈnificantly adv
in•sig•nif•i•cant
(ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt)adj.
1. unimportant, trifling, or petty.
2. too small to be important: an insignificant sum.
3. without weight, influence, or distinctione: an insignificant fellow.
4. without meaning; meaningless.
[1620–30]
in`sig•nif′i•cant•ly, adv.
insignificant
- piff - Something insignificant.
- bee's knees - Used from 1797 for "something insignificant."
- floccinaucinihilipilification, floccipend - Floccinaucinihilipilification is estimating or categorizing something as worthless, and floccipend means "regard as insignificant" (from Latin flocci pendere, "hold at little value").
- piteous, pitiable, pitiful - Piteous is generally not used when speaking of people, pitiable means "able to be pitied," and pitiful most often means "insignificant; below contempt."
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Adj. | 1. | insignificant - not worthy of notice unnoticeable - not noticeable; not drawing attention; "her clothes were simple and unnoticeable"- J.G.Cozzens |
2. | insignificant - signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds" meaningless, nonmeaningful - having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation" | |
3. | insignificant - of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" minor - of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" | |
4. | insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force unimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" meaningless, nonmeaningful - having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation" significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" |
insignificant
adjective unimportant, minor, irrelevant, petty, trivial, meaningless, trifling, meagre, negligible, flimsy, paltry, immaterial, inconsequential, nondescript, measly, scanty, inconsiderable, of no consequence, nonessential, small potatoes, nickel-and-dime (U.S. slang), of no account, nugatory, unsubstantial, not worth mentioning, of no moment In 1949 it was still a small, insignificant city.
important, significant, essential, vital, considerable, substantial, relevant, meaningful, momentous, weighty, consequential
important, significant, essential, vital, considerable, substantial, relevant, meaningful, momentous, weighty, consequential
insignificant
adjectiveNot of great importance:
Translations
تافِه، عَديم الأهميَّه
bezvýznamnýnepatrný
betydningsløsubetydelig
lítilfjörlegur
nereikšmingumas
mazsvarīgsnenozīmīgs
nepomembenneznaten
insignificant
[ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] ADJ [person, number, amount] → insignificante; [detail] → insignificante, sin importanciawho left it here is insignificant, the important thing is → no tiene importancia quién lo dejó aquí, lo importante es ...
insignificant
adj → unbedeutend; sum also, wound, alteration → geringfügig; little man, person, appearance → unscheinbar; (= inconsequential) remark → belanglos; her not insignificant talents → ihre nicht unbeträchtlichen Talente; statistically insignificant → statistisch vernachlässigbar
insignificant
(insigˈnifikənt) adjective of little value or importance; not significant. They paid me an insignificant sum of money; an insignificant person.
ˌinsigˈnificance nouninsignificant
a. insignificante, sin importancia.