How to Use insignificant in a Sentence

insignificant

adjective
  • Looking up at the stars always makes me feel so small and insignificant.
  • They lost an insignificant amount of money.
  • These problems are not insignificant.
  • The list of noes from top free agents since then is not insignificant.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Let go of all the insignificant things.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That was insignificant to many people, but not to those who bet on the game.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The tax cuts in the health-care bill are not an insignificant detail.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 28 June 2017
  • Moral issues are not insignificant, but they can be dealt with in time.
    — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The amount this single tweet may have just done for the youth vote is not insignificant.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 July 2024
  • Some not-so-insignificant hurdles have been cleared in the process.
    — Brian Peccarelli, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Sure, cutting down a tree to clear a road may seem like an insignificant move in the grand scheme of things.
    — Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Man has already made changes in the map of nature that are not few nor insignificant.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The taxes and fees for these awards aren’t insignificant.
    — Meghan Hunter, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The details are not insignificant, and the journey is not an easy one.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 30 July 2021
  • That's not insignificant for the Cavs whose goal is one last matchup in June.
    — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In other words, Lorde wrote this song while in some kind of non-insignificant pain.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 11 June 2021
  • None of these costs are insignificant, and they're all reflected at the pump.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 10 July 2022
  • The outing was the worst by a Rangers starter this spring, and that's not insignificant.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 20 Mar. 2018
  • When life feels overwhelming, self-care might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
    — Tess Brigham, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That's not an insignificant sum.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • At the time, the comment felt insignificant.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • The cost of the due diligence can be insignificant compared to the cost of failure.
    — Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That's not insignificant since this will beis the 55th title game.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2021
  • There is no advantage too insignificant or edge too small when the stakes are this large and the margin this slim.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The Sea Kings will take this not-so-insignificant footnote with them.
    — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 20 May 2018
  • On the one hand, the investments in the budget are not insignificant.
    — Mary Kay Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Those dollar amounts seemed insignificant in the face of the family's greater loss.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean the rally from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to win was insignificant.
    — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • School rules now insignificant—even to Walsh, who stands hands in his pockets, jingling his keys.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And thus, with some not-insignificant face cracks, Rosé and Denali are safe once again.
    — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2021

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