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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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