Synonyms of insignificance

insignificance

noun

ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)s 

as in negligibility

the quality or state of being unimportant

a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negligibility
• smallness
• pettiness
• emptiness
• inconsequence
• inconsequentiality
• littleness
• triviality
• immateriality
• slightness
• nullity
• worthlessness
• inconsiderableness
• insignificancy
• valuelessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• importance
• significance
• moment
• weight
• magnitude
• consequence
• value
• import
• bigness
• weightiness
• substance
• worth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insignificance

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

Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance. — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025

Another message from Bondi also got under Murphy's skin — not because of its importance, but its insignificance. — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025

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