insignificance
noun
in·sig·nif·i·cance
ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being insignificant
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a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance
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While our own view is that UFOs, or UAP, emphatically do not represent any truly anomalous physical phenomena such as an extraterrestrial presence, this nevertheless does not consign ufology to insignificance.
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Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
Thuringia’s politics are particularly complicated because the Left Party of outgoing governor Bodo Ramelow has slumped into electoral insignificance nationally.
—Mahnoor Khan, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2024
To emphasize the vastness of wealth and the insignificance of those who serve in it.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 July 2024
Because of the water volume and flow rate, Keith Hannon, the Army Corps’ Connecticut River project manager, told a group of river enthusiasts in East Haddam last month, that herbicide is expected to be quickly diluted to insignificance.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
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Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
Thuringia’s politics are particularly complicated because the Left Party of outgoing governor Bodo Ramelow has slumped into electoral insignificance nationally.
—Mahnoor Khan, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2024
To emphasize the vastness of wealth and the insignificance of those who serve in it.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 July 2024
Because of the water volume and flow rate, Keith Hannon, the Army Corps’ Connecticut River project manager, told a group of river enthusiasts in East Haddam last month, that herbicide is expected to be quickly diluted to insignificance.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
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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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