insignificance

[in-sig-nif-i-kuhns]

noun

1. the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.

Other Word Forms

• self-insignificance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of insignificance¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; insignific(ancy) + -ance

Example Sentences

Despite the pile-up of particulars, Metcalfe knows he must find the lost poem, that it is the keystone without which the story crumbles into insignificance.

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"But in a time like this, football pales into insignificance," he added.

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Perhaps Rowling isn’t so afraid of change after all, but rather fearful of owning up to the inherent insignificance of being one person in a world that treats all humans equally.

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Voted most likely to succeed in junior high school, he considered the insignificance: “All it meant was that a lot of people had heard of you. Who wants to be heard of anyway?”

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“In something like fifty seconds, I was quite certain I was not. It took just about that time to measure the startling insignificance of this man who has set world agog.”

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