insignificancy

American  

[in-sig-nif-i-kuhn-see] / ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kən si /

noun

plural

insignificancies

1. insignificance.

2. an insignificant person or thing.

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Etymology

Origin of insignificancy

First recorded in 1645–55; insignific(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

I must beg you also to accept my insignificancy.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the 2,500 volumes of our Reports, served only to excite a general laugh.

From Memoirs of My Life and Writings by Gibbon, Edward

When, by them, Administration is convinced of its insignificancy, they are soon to be convinced of their own. 

From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry

It is calculated to keep me forever fixed in that state of useless and disgraceful insignificancy, which has been my lot for some years past.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

The insignificancy of my manners to the rest of the world makes the laughers call me a quidnunc, a phrase I shall never inquire what they mean by it.

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.