insignificance

Examples

• All

• But it's not that so much as the feeling of insignificance that gnaws at you.

  Academic text (1999)

• He realized the insignificance of his problems when faced with the larger issues of the world.

• His growing insignificance as a global player was not the product of chance.

  Academic text (2011)

• Let us hope, in fact, that her stay in Brighton will teach her her own insignificance.

  Pride & Prejudice (2005)

• I am humbled by my relative insignificance within the vast universe.

  Academic text (2011)

• Such facts about the economic insignificance of futile care are not widely known and appreciated.

  Academic text (1994)

• Finally, the State Department foreign assistance budget pales into insignificance by comparison with other war-on-terrorism expenditures.

  Academic text (2003)

• The dominating feature of the Iraqi productive structure is the relative insignificance of flows inside the productive system.

  Academic text (1990)

• Muslim belief in God's unity and transcendence, in contrast, underlay the thought of man's insignificance and helplessness.

  Academic text (2002)

• The research emphasized the insignificance of minor details in the overall analysis.

Synonyms

I

irrelevance

vsinsignificance

10 5.3

Something not related to the main topic

covers lack of importance even when a relation to the matter exists

T

triviality

vsinsignificance

6 5.4

A small detail that does not matter

applies more broadly to being without meaningful effect or influence

I

irrelevancy

vsinsignificance

5 6.6

Something not connected to the main topic

focuses on having little effect or influence rather than lack of connection

I

inconsequence

vsinsignificance

1 9.4

A state when something has little importance

is the same meaning but often used in more common wording

U

unimportance

vsinsignificance

1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

highlights lack of effect or influence rather than only absence of status

N

nonsignificance

vsinsignificance

7.7

A state of being unimportant with no real effect

focuses similarly on lack of effect rather than specific causes

N

negligibility

vsinsignificance

8.6

So small or unimportant that it does not matter

covers unimportance even when size is not the reason

S

slightness

vsinsignificance

6.6

A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore

is broader, covering lack of meaningful effect beyond mere triviality

I

inessentiality

vsinsignificance

9.6

A state in which something is not necessary

emphasizes lack of effect or influence rather than lack of necessity

S

sorriness

vsinsignificance

• Literature

9.5

A state of being not important or worth little

is more neutral, focusing on lack of meaningful effect rather than worth

I

immateriality

vsinsignificance

9.7

Not important to the subject or discussion

is about lacking effect or influence even when still related to the matter

E

extraneousness

vsinsignificance

9.9

The fact of not being related or important to the main point

describes lack of meaningful effect even when not strictly unrelated

I

insubstantiality

vsinsignificance

9.2

A lack of being real, strong, or convincing

is concerned with absence of important effect rather than physical substance

I

indistinction

vsinsignificance

9.6

A state of being unknown and not noticed by many people

focuses instead on absence of meaningful effect or influence

Antonyms

I

importance

663 1.0

A quality that makes something have great value or effect

S

significance

194 3.8

How important something is or how much it matters

How Important

importance

663 1.0

significance

194 3.8

insignificance

7 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology