Definition of insignificant
: not significant: such asa : lacking meaning or importb : not worth considering : unimportantc : lacking weight, position, or influence : contemptibled : small in size, quantity, or number
insignificantly
adverbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of insignificant in a Sentence
They lost an insignificant amount of money.
Looking up at the stars always makes me feel so small and insignificant.
These problems are not insignificant.
Recent Examples of insignificant from the Web
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For some, the Summer of Love’s impact was decidedly short-lived, insignificant or non-existent.
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A new Silk Road is by no means an insignificant story.
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Any additional security is likely to create additional costs, a fact that seems insignificant in the wake of this tragedy but could weigh on the minds of venue owners, particularly independent ones, as months pass.
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Insignificant things because it wasn't supposed to be a significant day.
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Nature, too, was in Stoic eyes imbued with the divine, and the entire cosmos was seen as an immense organism that, in its scope and power, made worldly concerns insignificant.
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In its climactic sequence, Lanzmann confronts Rossel with an aspect of his report regarding a rabbi’s speech to inmates at Theresienstadt, which Rossel had considered insignificant.
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Now the president has proposed, in his 2017 budget, a seemingly insignificant change in the federal Pell program, which are awarded to students of families earning around $40,000 or less.
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In the Armory’s enormous Drill Hall, her presence seemed nearly insignificant, especially when standing in front of the huge screen, which thereafter showed more videos.
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INSIGNIFICANT Defined for English Language Learners
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: small or unimportant : not significant
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: not important an insignificant change
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