insignificance
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of insignificance
First recorded in 1690–1700; insignific(ancy) + -ance
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
It also makes the £235.4m net spend from the five years previous pale into insignificance.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
“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.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
Lola is a relative free spirit with an open heart but a sense of limits; Aimée’s performance emphasizes the essential innocence, or maybe insignificance, of her flirtations.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
All else at that New Year sank into insignificance beside this visit.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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