insignificance

American  

[in-sig-nif-i-kuhns] / ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəns /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• self-insignificance noun

Etymology

Origin of insignificance

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

Example Sentences

It also makes the £235.4m net spend from the five years previous pale into insignificance.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 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

Coined by legendary psychoanalyst Alfred Adler in the 1920s, the term initially described children driven by their small size and social insignificance to strive for power over their environment.

From National Geographic • Nov. 22, 2023

This subordination often has a spiritual implication: people are offered an opportunity to transcend their own sense of insignificance through participation in a powerful movement of the chosen.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

All else at that New Year sank into insignificance beside this visit.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck