insignificance
noun
in·sig·nif·i·cance
ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being insignificant
Examples of insignificance in a Sentence
a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance
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Problems shrink into insignificance.
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Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
What Choudary has in mind instead is a total redesign of work that forces today’s employees to choose between being a regular worker who quickly sinks into insignificance by automation, or functioning as an employee-preneur.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance.
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Never have 59 rebounds carried such insignificance.
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Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
What Choudary has in mind instead is a total redesign of work that forces today’s employees to choose between being a regular worker who quickly sinks into insignificance by automation, or functioning as an employee-preneur.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
Never have 59 rebounds carried such insignificance.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for insignificance
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“Insignificance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insignificance. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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insignificance
noun
in·sig·nif·i·cance
ˌin(t)-sig-ˈnif-i-kən(t)s
: the quality or state of being insignificant
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