insignificant

adjective

ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kənt How to pronounce insignificant (audio)
Definition of insignificantnext
1
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 Studies of the issue, however, have found the practice is statistically insignificant. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Plus, there was the not-so-insignificant problem of where to build a new facility on campus. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Prostate biopsies are lucrative for urologists, who can do them in their practice and therefore have an incentive to order them, and so is finding clinically insignificant cancers that can be actively monitored, potentially through further biopsies. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026 Another not insignificant part of all of this is the price starting pitchers, even rental starting pitchers, commanded at the deadline. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for insignificant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificant
  1. small
  2. slight
  3. minor
  4. nominal
  5. little
  6. trivial
  7. unimportant
  8. tiny
Adjective
  • The merch was originally made for OpenAI employees to purchase on an internal site, but the team decided to make a small capsule collection available to the public.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Rival online retailers Ozon and Yandex Market use smaller depots spread over a wider network.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of small
Adjective
  • Nashville was a slight favorite at kickoff, but Miami fielded a stellar starting lineup that included Sergio Reguilón, Casemiro, Rodrigo De Paul, Luis Suárez and Messi.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • At the slightest security alert, every point along the route can be brought to a standstill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of slight
Adjective
  • Many higher education institutions have started offering classes focused on the burgeoning content creation industry over the past couple years, and several have certificate or minor programs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported two identical incidents of drone strikes on tankers in Hormuz a day earlier, causing minor damage but no casualties.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • Furthermore, cash's nominal safety hides inflation risk, eroding purchasing power.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wareheim does take nominal breaks — to scout fresh inventory on trips around the world.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nominal
Adjective
  • The opening of an Auberge Collection property in the little town of Los Olivos is further proof of the area's status as a preeminent New World wine destination.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • So far, none of those efforts has been successful, and opponents say hunting would do little to address the most problematic bears that tend to live closer to residential neighborhoods.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of little
Adjective
  • And once Anthropic tells the world how to identify these watermarks, building a system to remove them would be trivial.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Duration is a decent hedge against a labor market recession and a poor hedge against a stagflationary drift, and right now the odds of the second scenario are not trivial.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trivial
Adjective
  • The Analyst can spend all their time answering urgent but unimportant requests.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • Trade along the route remains tiny compared with major throughways like the Suez Canal and is dominated by Russian oil and gas, which – along with a few other LNG buyers in Asia – principally flow to China.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The amount of neutrino energy absorbed by the companion star, however, would be only a tiny fraction of the amount of energy the star emits on its own, so again, this is likely to have little effect.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
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