nonsignificant
adjective
non·sig·nif·i·cant
ˌnän-sig-ˈni-fi-kənt 
: not significant: such as
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: having or yielding a value lying within limits between which variation is attributed to chance
a nonsignificant statistical test
nonsignificantly
adverb
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This achievement gap was reduced to a statistically nonsignificant 3% when students answered intermittent quiz questions.
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Zohara Assadipour, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
The report also looked at other provisional data and found that overall births did fall to 3,661,220 2022 from 3,664,292 in 2021, but it was described by the authors as a nonsignificant decline.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 May 2023
Each reviewer was randomly assigned to receive a version of the abstract with either a significant result or a nonsignificant result; the details of the fictional study were otherwise identical.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
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Zohara Assadipour, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
The report also looked at other provisional data and found that overall births did fall to 3,661,220 2022 from 3,664,292 in 2021, but it was described by the authors as a nonsignificant decline.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 May 2023
Each reviewer was randomly assigned to receive a version of the abstract with either a significant result or a nonsignificant result; the details of the fictional study were otherwise identical.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
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“Nonsignificant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonsignificant. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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