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insignificant

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adj/ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/
  1. 1

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

    • Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
  2. 2

    Without meaning; not signifying anything.

syn. base · contemptible · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · foolish · for the birds · futile · frivolous · idle · ignorable · immaterial · inconsequential · inconsiderable

ant. significant · important · weighty · noteworthy · consequential

noun/ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/
  1. 1

    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
    • 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 t

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