Definitions for: Insignificant


[adj] not large enough to consider or notice
[adj] not worthy of notice
[adj] of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
[adj] signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
[adj] not important or noteworthy



Webster (1913) Definition: In`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import;
meaningless; as, insignificant words.

2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.

Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.

3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean;
contemptible; as, an insignificant person.

Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;
inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.

Synonyms: hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, inappreciable, inconsiderable, light, meaningless, minor, peanut, superficial, trivial, undistinguished, unimportant, unmeaning, unnoticeable

Antonyms: important, significant

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