2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insignificant \In`sig*nif"i*cant\, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense or import;
meaningless; as insignificant words
2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.
Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean
contemptible; as an insignificant person.
Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small
inferior; trivial; mean contemptible.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
insignificant
adj 1: not large enough to consider or notice [syn: {trivial}]
2: not worthy of notice [syn: {undistinguished}]
3: signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his
response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall [syn:
{unmeaning}]
4: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "the little man";
"peanut politicians"; "a crowd of small writers had vainly
attempted to rival Addison"- Macaulay [syn: {little}, {peanut},
{small}]
5: not important or noteworthy [syn: {unimportant}] [ant: {significant}]
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