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Recent Examples of insignificant The current event also looks to be weak, meaning the Pacific’s temperature anomalies are relatively small, but not entirely insignificant. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025 The asking price is understood to be in the mid-six figures, which isn’t an insignificant amount. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 But when a larger number of particles are involved, these quantum mechanical effects usually become insignificant. Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 In the healthcare company’s case, the adjustments to the rollout plan were statistically insignificant. Christopher Lind, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insignificant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificant
Adjective
  • Viruses, as well as small bits of vegetation and invasive zebra mussel larvae, can hide in the plumbing of your rig.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Kahn is optimistic that Coach’s focus on a smaller number of affordable, yet consistent products puts it in a better place to manage cost and price increases than its competitors.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Return with a slight counter-rotation and complete more reps as desired.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead to 2026, Coke is projecting a slight tail wind to both its revenue and comparable earnings from currency fluctuations.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Curing or drying potatoes thickens their skins, allows minor cuts and abrasions to heal, and makes spuds less likely to rot or shrivel in storage.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Prisoners are not allowed to keep money behind bars, but cash can be provided by family members to a commissary fund used to buy food, toiletries and other minor needs, according to the Prison Fellowship.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Maresca’s midfield featured Moises Caicedo, nominal full-back Malo Gusto, and Enzo Fernandez operating higher than usual in Palmer’s absence.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Drake sought nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages, plus legal fees.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Inside, two picnic tables were stacked on top of each other, leaving little room to climb.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • During last week's episode, viewers saw Dylan dance with his little sister, Olivia, for Dedication Night on.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe autocracy starts with something as trivial as this.
    John M. Crisp, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The trivial things become the big things because the big things have gone away.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That may seem like a small and unimportant distinction to the non-Macca-heads among us.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Earth, a tiny target in the vastness of space, would often be spared from being hit by these magnetic projectiles.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes changing the world starts with a tiny needle.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Insignificant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignificant. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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