insignificant
102
4.1
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈsɪɡnɪfɪkənt/
- I know what it's like to feel small and insignificant.
- seem insignificant
- an insignificant detail
- insignificant differences
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Watch on YouTubeNever treat someone as if they're insignificant or if they don't matter.
- Never treat someone as if they're insignificant or if they don't matter.
- I am inadequate, I'm inferior, I'm insignificant, I'm helpless,
- Those tiny moments that are seemingly insignificant dictate the rest of our lives.
- If you look up, you realise how insignificant you are.
- I would go because, like, we're so insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
- Makes you kind of feel small and insignificant.
- We've been fighting, arguing, and just not really getting along over small and insignificant details.
- If, if the amounts are not insignificant.
- Look, if you cannot rise to such a small, really insignificant challenge like that, you're no kind of designer.
- When the opportunity is not unique, when the stake is insignificant, or when the decision is reversible.
- Most of them, as expected, said meaningless, insignificant, low skilled.
Examples
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I would go because, like, we're so insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
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You are insignificant in the great scheme of things.
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So these are not insignificant players in the market.
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This ended up taking not an an insignificant amount of time.
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But even if they were, they would not be insignificant to the human species.
Academic text (1992) -
It's not time to be paying attention to something so insignificant.
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If you look up, you realise how insignificant you are.
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At a time so crucial, even seemingly insignificant actions may shape the future.
Academic text (1990) -
At independence in 1960, indigenous private capital had a tenuous and insignificant position in the economy.
Academic text (1990) -
The amount of money spent on welfare is insignificant compared to the huge farm subsidies.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not large in size or amount
∞
1.0
Not very important
513
1.2
Small in amount or degree
497
2.4
Not very important or serious
302
3.6
Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point
204
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
110
3.9
Not important or serious
50
1.9
Not worth attention or notice
47
5.9
Not important and not well known, often used for people or small businesses
31
5.6
Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about
29
7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
20
7.2
Not important or relevant to a situation
9
7.2
Small and not very impressive or valuable
7
7.0
Not very important or powerful
3
6.8
Too small or not important enough to matter
3
8.9
A person or thing that others see as worthless
1
8.6
Too small or not important to matter
1
6.0
Not important because it may be due to chance or too small to matter
1
5.5
A thing you do not need and can leave behind
1
9.2
Too small to notice or to change anything
1
6.9
Not related to what is being discussed
Not important or serious compared with other things
Not important and having little effect on events
A fact or detail that does not matter to someone
Not important or worth worrying about
Antonyms
How Important
437
3.6
∞
1.0
∞
2.5
497
2.4
102
4.1
31
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
insignificant = significant (transparent) = in + signific + ant
For learners who know 'significant', the negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'not significant'.
Etymology
The word insignificant is made of in- 'not' and sign-, the same root you see in sign and signal, which means 'mark' or 'importance'. So something insignificant is 'not marked', that is, not important or too small to matter.