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insignificance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of insignificance

the quality or state of being unimportant

  • a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance
Synonyms of insignificance

immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, slightness, smallness, triviality
Words Related to insignificance

emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness
Near Antonyms of insignificance

substance, value, worth
Antonyms of insignificance

bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness

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