insignificance

noun

ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)s How to pronounce insignificance (audio)
Definition of insignificancenext
as in negligibility
the quality or state of being unimportant a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance

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Recent Examples of insignificance Problems shrink into insignificance. — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026 Another message from Bondi also got under Murphy's skin — not because of its importance, but its insignificance. — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025 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 The compositions prioritize headspace for the sky to take over the frame during exterior shots, communicating Rico’s feeling of insignificance against the immensity of what burdens him. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insignificance
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  1. smallness
  2. pettiness
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  • But there’s an element of the hotel's smallness that has an environmental benefit that almost no one has talked about.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The designer said she was inspired by the smallness of the human compared to the universe’s vastness.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of smallness
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  • These mostly harmless quips resemble the type of pettiness that once ran roughshod across the Lone Star State, back when eight Texas programs were members of the Southwest Conference.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The pettiness of that is stunning.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 June 2026
Definition of pettiness

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