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Synonyms for insignificant
ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntin·signif·i·cant

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. insignificantadjective

    Antonyms:
    significant

  2. insignificantadjective

    Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

    Antonyms:
    significant

Princeton's WordNet3.7 / 6 votes

  1. insignificant, undistinguishedadjective

    not worthy of notice

    Synonyms:
    peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

    Antonyms:
    significant, remarkable, probatory, epoch-making, probative, profound, major, monumental, noticeable, operative, fundamental, earthshaking, momentous, large, evidential, epochal, important, world-shattering, world-shaking, evidentiary, meaningful, prodigious, noteworthy, portentous

  2. insignificantadjective

    signifying nothing

    "insignificant sounds"

    Synonyms:
    peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

    Antonyms:
    epoch-making, fundamental, remarkable, monumental, world-shaking, evidentiary, evidential, operative, meaningful, significant, noticeable, important, large, profound, probative, momentous, major, epochal, noteworthy, portentous, prodigious, probatory, earthshaking, world-shattering

  3. insignificant, peanutadjective

    of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

    "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

    Synonyms:
    peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

    Antonyms:
    evidentiary, momentous, noteworthy, prodigious, world-shaking, probative, probatory, noticeable, remarkable, earthshaking, fundamental, portentous, profound, important, monumental, operative, world-shattering, major, meaningful, epoch-making, epochal, significant, large, evidential

  4. insignificant, unimportantadjective

    devoid of importance, meaning, or force

    Synonyms:
    peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

    Antonyms:
    significant, profound, world-shattering, operative, evidentiary, probative, large, meaningful, noteworthy, epoch-making, momentous, fundamental, monumental, important, world-shaking, noticeable, remarkable, major, prodigious, probatory, portentous, evidential, earthshaking, epochal

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. kaffeeklatsch

    secondary importance, coffee not essential

    to describe a meeting without the alleged depth of important agenda, or less than is called for

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. insignificantadjective

    Synonyms:
    without meaning, not significant

  2. insignificantadjective

    Synonyms:
    unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. insignificantnoun

    Synonyms:
    meaningless, unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry

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How to use insignificant in a sentence?

  1. Auguste Renoir:

    In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

  2. Annie Sullivan:

    People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

  3. The FCC:

    411 usage is not insignificant.

  4. Scott Berman:

    The reasons for doing this range from people wanting to know themselves more, to people who want to rest, reset and relax, to those who want to explore consciousness and deepen their meditation practice, when someone goes into the darkness, all these things that were important to them like money, fame, power, status, being worthy – they all become insignificant and meaningless in the dark.

  5. Erin Jones:

    Insignificant moments of' normal' are now monumentally important, the USPS may have had a hard year, but there's no doubt in the Erin Jones house that the Christmas spirit is alive and well because of one of their best employees.


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