Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being insignificant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of significance or import; unimportance; triviality; meanness; want of force, influence, or consideration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning.
- noun Lack of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy.
- noun Lack of claim to consideration or notice; lack of influence or standing; meanness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being
insignificant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of having little or no significance
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Examples
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Minimizing the problem to the point of insignificance is not a victory.
Leah Anthony Libresco: Yale Daily News Wrong to Condemn Outrage in Response to Sexism Leah Anthony Libresco 2010
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Minimizing the problem to the point of insignificance is not a victory.
Leah Anthony Libresco: Yale Daily News Wrong to Condemn Outrage in Response to Sexism Leah Anthony Libresco 2010
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Minimizing the problem to the point of insignificance is not a victory.
Leah Anthony Libresco: Yale Daily News Wrong to Condemn Outrage in Response to Sexism Leah Anthony Libresco 2010
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With our numbers and technology the way they are now, our former shell of global insignificance is broken, and the old ways will not promote our survival or growth anymore.
Archive 2005-09-04 Michael Evans 2005
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In each a character clinging absurdly to a sense of his own emotional insignificance is finally moved, despite himself, to embrace life's complex if at times mortifying drama.
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With our numbers and technology the way they are now, our former shell of global insignificance is broken, and the old ways will not promote our survival or growth anymore.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005
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In each a character clinging absurdly to a sense of his own emotional insignificance is finally moved, despite himself, to embrace life's complex if at times mortifying drama.
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I have made thee small -- Thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished; therefore the past tense is used
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"A life of insignificance, is a life that does not signify anything," Mr. Marshall added.
Daisy in the Field 1869
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My other comment for the sceptics, regarding Phil Jones’ admission of statistical insignificance is this:
Matthew Yglesias » If You Want to Get Things Done, Use Reconciliation 2010
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