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nonsignificance

nonsignificance

7.7
A state of being unimportant with no real effect
  • noun
  • /ˌnɒnˈsɪɡnɪfɪkəns/
translation icon : insignificancia
  • Many people felt the nonsignificance of their votes in the election dissuaded them from participating.

Examples

  • Her contributions to the project were dismissed as mere nonsignificance by the committee.

  • But the message carried is paradoxically one of our in/nonsignificance.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The survey results showed the nonsignificance of the changes in public opinion over the years.

Synonyms

irrelevance
vsnonsignificance
10 5.3

Something not related to the main topic

centres on lack of meaningful consequence rather than merely nonrelation
insignificance
vsnonsignificance
7 5.8

A state of not being important or having little effect

has identical meaning but uses a different prefixed form
irrelevancy
vsnonsignificance
5 6.6

Something not connected to the main topic

stresses absence of meaningful consequence rather than simple disconnection
meaninglessness
vsnonsignificance
4 7.6

A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value

focuses on lacking meaningful consequence rather than total absence of meaning
pointlessness
vsnonsignificance
2 6.2

A state when something has no purpose or use

emphasizes lack of meaningful consequence rather than only missing purpose
unimportance
vsnonsignificance
1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

focuses on lacking meaningful consequence rather than simple rank
negligibility
vsnonsignificance
8.6

So small or unimportant that it does not matter

is about lacking meaningful consequence not only small size or amount
immateriality
vsnonsignificance
9.7

Not important to the subject or discussion

is about lacking meaningful consequence rather than just not related
sorriness
vsnonsignificance
  • Literature
9.5

A state of being not important or worth little

expresses lack of meaningful consequence rather than mere low value

Antonyms

importance
663 1.0

A quality that makes something have great value or effect

significance
194 3.8

How important something is or how much it matters

How Important

significance
194 3.8
importance
663 1.0
nonsignificance
7.7
triviality
6 5.4

Surface Forms

nonsignificance singular
nonsignificances plural

Morphology

nonsignificance = significance (transparent) = non + significance

Formed by the productive negation prefix 'non-' added to 'significance', yielding 'lack of significance' in a straightforward way.

Etymology

Nonsignificance is made from non- meaning 'not' and significance meaning 'importance', the same root you see in significant. So nonsignificance means 'not important' or not worth more attention.