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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.

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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

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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 undistinguished 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" peanut 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 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

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insignificant

adjective

Not of great importance:

inconsequent, inconsequential, little, trivial, unimportant.

Translations

تافِه، عَديم الأهميَّه

bezvýznamnýnepatrný

betydningsløsubetydelig

unbedeutend belanglos

ασήμαντος

insignificante

insignifiant mineur

lítilfjörlegur

insignificante irrilevante

nereikšmingumas

mazsvarīgsnenozīmīgs

bagatellmessig

незначительный

nepomembenneznaten

önemsiz

不重要的无关紧要的无意义的

insignificant

[ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] ADJ [person, number, amount] → insignificante; [detail] → insignificante, sin importancia
who left it here is insignificant, the important thing is → no tiene importancia quién lo dejó aquí, lo importante es ...

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insignificant

[ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj → insignifiant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

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insignificant

[ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj → insignificante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

insignificant

(insigˈnifikənt) adjective

of little value or importance; not significant. They paid me an insignificant sum of money; an insignificant person.

ˌinsigˈnificance noun

insignificant

a. insignificante, sin importancia.

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"Only those very insignificant ones of Victuals and Drink."(answered she.)

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Then their brother, who was a little insignificant dwarf, went out to seek for his brothers: but when he had found them they only laughed at him, to think that he, who was so young and simple, should try to travel through the world, when they, who were so much wiser, had been unable to get on.

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(and it could not have been insignificant), its period of occultation continued.

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