significant
adjective
important and deserving of attention; of consequence.
nonsignificant
-
a word derived from
significant.
Example Sentences
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The 85 and older age group saw a possible but nonsignificant increase.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
One review, published in 2017, found significant effects from handwashing, compared with nonsignificant effects from face-mask use.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2020
"It takes away all this pressure that you might get nonsignificant results or that your results might in some way be seen as undesirable by the editors or reviewers."
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 21, 2018
The study noted that people with type 2 diabetes who were taking Victoza had a slightly higher, though nonsignificant, risk of death and rehospitalization, as well as signs of worsening kidney function.
From US News ● Aug. 2, 2016
A weakness of using p-values, however, is that it treats 0.05 as a “bright line” between significant and nonsignificant results.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2015
