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insignificant definition
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Overview of adj insignificant The adj insignificant has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (5) insignificant, trivial -- (not large enough to consider or notice) 2. (2) insignificant, undistinguished -- (not worthy of notice) 3. (1) insignificant, unmeaning -- (signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall) 4. (1) insignificant, peanut -- (of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians") 5. insignificant, unimportant -- (not important or noteworthy) Antonyms of adj insignificant 5 senses of insignificant Sense 1 insignificant, trivial INDIRECT (VIA inconsiderable) -> considerable Sense 2 insignificant, undistinguished INDIRECT (VIA unnoticeable) -> noticeable Sense 3 insignificant, unmeaning INDIRECT (VIA meaningless) -> meaningful Sense 4 insignificant, peanut INDIRECT (VIA minor) -> major Sense 5 insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant significant (vs. insignificant), important => big momentous => earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering => epochal, epoch-making => evidential, evidentiary => fundamental, profound => monumental => noteworthy, remarkable => probative => operative, key => portentous, prodigious => head(postnominal) => large Similarity of adj insignificant 5 senses of insignificant Sense 1 insignificant, trivial => inconsiderable (vs. considerable) Sense 2 insignificant, undistinguished => unnoticeable (vs. noticeable) Sense 3 insignificant, unmeaning => meaningless (vs. meaningful) Sense 4 insignificant, peanut => minor (vs. major) Sense 5 insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant => hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner => inappreciable => light => superficial, trivial Also See-> meaningless#1; unimportant#1 Attributes of adj insignificant 1 of 5 senses of insignificant Sense 5 insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant => significance Familiarity of adj insignificant insignificant used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj insignificant insignificant Overview of adj insignificant The adj insignificant has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (5) insignificant, trivial -- (not large enough to consider or notice) 2. (2) insignificant, undistinguished -- (not worthy of notice) 3. (1) insignificant, unmeaning -- (signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall) 4. (1) insignificant, peanut -- (of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians") 5. insignificant, unimportant -- (not important or noteworthy)
insignificant definition
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