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as in small
lacking importance
an insignificant detail that we can safely ignore
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2
as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
the insignificant wear on the doll's face does nothing to diminish its considerable value as an antique
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Recent Examples of insignificant
Adjusted for inflation, that’s more than $17,000 today — not an insignificant chunk of change for a ‘60s art contest.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Even the film’s choice of skirmish—an ostensibly simple operation, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but still doomed to go lethally awry—feels like a commentary on the larger misadventure, a microcosmic exercise in futility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Again, the difference is statistically insignificant.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
The problems the teens in the film had were parental, which is certainly not insignificant, but there wasn't the kind of imminent danger that many kids face today.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Even the film’s choice of skirmish—an ostensibly simple operation, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but still doomed to go lethally awry—feels like a commentary on the larger misadventure, a microcosmic exercise in futility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Again, the difference is statistically insignificant.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
The problems the teens in the film had were parental, which is certainly not insignificant, but there wasn't the kind of imminent danger that many kids face today.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificant
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The Court of International Trade previously rejected the small businesses' request to temporarily pause the tariffs while their lawsuit went forward, but then quickly scheduled Tuesday’s court hearing to decide whether to rule against the tariffs or impose a longer-term pause.—
Dietrich Knauth,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Instead, Atkinson took up golf for the first time and renewed his connection to scientific research, not the least of which was how a small white ball repeatedly avoids a hole in the ground.—
Barbara Bry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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However, at some point while walking the red carpet on Saturday, May 17, the two got mixed up in slight blunder when the Twilight star, 39, ended up standing on top of his costar's elegant Dior gown that, according to Vogue, took 250 hours to create.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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Meanwhile, a DeepMind researcher discussed adversarial machine learning, a phenomenon where slight manipulations to input data can drastically alter an AI’s output.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Nina and Jim are forced to work overtime to re-center key story components that get lost amid more minor twists and turns.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Chris Lombardi, founder of Matador Records, recalls first pitching Perry’s idea to Stephen Malkmus, the band’s notoriously laconic chief songwriter, singer, guitarist and nominal leader.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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What’s more, most state parks have no admission fee while a few charge a nominal fee of a few dollars.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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And while most Americans have heard about the stock market fluctuations, 20 percent have heard little about them or nothing at all.—
Ruth Igielnik,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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On the comparable activities, there was little in the way of either selling horses or otherwise disposing of them.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Something as trivial as missing a meeting or forgetting to report a change of address becomes the reason they’re denied a fresh start.—
Robert Melvin,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
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The loophole was called de minimis, which is Latin for something trivial and insignificant.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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The law at stake might also seem relatively unimportant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2025
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Protect your time and use something like the Eisenhower Matrix to let go of nonurgent or unimportant activities.—
Denise Russo,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Every month for the last three, he’s received an infusion of billions of tiny balls of fat, containing instructions to edit genes in his liver cells.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Compatible with Windows, macOS, Android and more, this tiny SSD is available in 512GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities and offers data transfer speeds up to a maximum of 20Gbps, although that depends on the speed of the host device and some MacBooks and iPhones may top out at 10Gbps speeds.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Insignificant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignificant. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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