Meaning of insignificant in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfəkənt/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    insignificant

    Definitions

    1. not large enough to consider or notice

    Synonyms

  2. 2. not worthy of notice

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  3. 3. signifying nothing

    Examples

    • « insignificant sounds »
    • « his response...is picayune and unmeaning- R.B. Pearsall »

    Synonyms

  4. 4. of little importance or influence or power

    Examples

    • « of minor status »
    • « a minor, insignificant bureaucrat »
    • « peanut politicians »

    Synonyms

  5. Qualitative Adjective

    insignificant

    Definitions

    1. not important or noteworthy

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    Antonyms

Famous quotes

  • « My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. »
    John Adams
  • « So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. »
    John Drinkwater
  • « The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. »
    William Hazlitt
  • « The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband's family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp. »
    Sarah Wayne Callies
  • « Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. »
    Franz Grillparzer

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