non-significant

American  

[nahn-sig-nif-i-kuhnt] / ˌnɑn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt /

adjective

1. not statistically significant by the standards of a particular scientific discipline; not statistically distinguishable from chance.

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Other Word Forms

• non-significance
  noun
• non-significantly
  adverb

Example Sentences

Gains in self-esteem spilled over to reductions in loneliness for younger generations as well, with the indirect effect eventually becoming non-significant for users in their 60s and 70s.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The researchers looked at seven indicators of illness and found non-significant reductions in all of them in cats on a vegan diet.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023

As for the impact on local merchants, a 2021 study found that bike-lane and pedestrian projects generally have “positive or non-significant economic impacts” on surrounding retail establishments.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

Third, we apply the Benjamini–Hochberg procedure to the pooled P values and remove non-significant metadata categories.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

A Connecting word is a non-significant sound, which neither causes nor hinders the union of many sounds into one significant sound; it may be placed at either end or in the middle of a sentence.

From The Poetics of Aristotle by Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry)