insignificant

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(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, feel, look, seem

The small mistakes I made at work seemed insignificant compared to what my colleague had done.

become | remain

consider sth

Many people consider the small scratch on the car door insignificant and not worth fixing.

ADV

very | completely, quite | almost | comparatively, fairly, rather, relatively | apparently, seemingly

statistically

The difference in test scores between the two groups was statistically insignificant.

socially

Definitions

adj

1

Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.

Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

2

Without meaning; not signifying anything.

noun

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Someone or something that is insignificant.

Methinks I feel all the Woman riſe in me when I reflect upon the nauſeous Rogues that pretend to deceive us. Wretches! that can never have it in their Power to over-reach any Thing living but their Miſtreſſes! In the Name of Goodneſs, if we are deſigned by Nature as ſuitable Companions to the other Sex, why are we not treated accordingly? If we have Merit, as ſome allow, why is it not as baſe in Men to injure us, as one another? If we are the Inſignificants, that others call us, where is the Triumph in deceiving us?

The whole forenoon generally ſpent amidſt a ſucceſſion of viſitants, a mob of idlers; the reſt of the day in dinners, public places, and evening-parties. Although in my own mind I deſpiſed the giddy reſtleſs inſignificants that figured in this perpetual drama; yet as I conſidered myſelf as a paſſenger only for the time, I ſubmitted to be carried along with the ſtream, and partook of the flying amuſements, as they occurred.

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Synonyms

adjective — small and unimpressive

dinky

adjective — of little importance or influence or power

peanut

adjective — devoid of importance, meaning, or force

unimportant

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Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

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Methinks I feel all the Woman riſe in me when I reflect upon the nauſeous Rogues that pretend to deceive us. Wretches! that can never have it in their Power to over-reach any Thing living but their Mi

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The whole forenoon generally ſpent amidſt a ſucceſſion of viſitants, a mob of idlers; the reſt of the day in dinners, public places, and evening-parties. Although in my own mind I deſpiſed the giddy r

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An interesting series of advertisements is now being run by Henry W. Peabody & Company, of New York, makers of Domes of Silence, for the purpose of glorifying the insignificants of retailing. The keyn

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I'm so unimportant and insignificant.

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But for you I'll always be insignificant.

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insignificant

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