insignificant

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

Definition of insignificant

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
    “Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.”
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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

  1. Someone or something that is insignificant.
    “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.”
    “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 keynote of this advertising is a broad-gauged attempt to sell dealers the idea of grouping small wares in such a way that they will gain strength by union.”
    “Sometimes, they lunch-called you between 12:45 and 2:00, knowing you wouldn’t be there. It’s an art form, passed down generation to generation. I tried to one-up them by early-calling them, usually from home, say at 8:30 a.m., their poor assistants knowing that was one more return call they’d have to do that night when they were still at the office at 10 p.m. late-calling the insignificants of the 310 area code.”

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Etymology

From in- (“not”) + significant.

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