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Synonyms for insignificance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sig-nif-i-kuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəns

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Définition of insignificance

Origin :
  • 1690s, from insignificant + -ance. Related: Insignificancy (1650s).
  • noun unimportance
Example sentences :
  • Ah, they are of their insignificance so loftily unconscious.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She took her insignificance, the absence of any soft emotion, quite calmly.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • His first impression of his tutor was one of insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Meditate upon it, and on the insignificance and evanescence of human life.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Thus the great adventure of Redon dwindled to insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • All else has faded into insignificance before the necessity of raising cotton.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • I stood for a while as if rooted to the spot, overwhelmed by my insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Compared with her, all other women paled into insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • He had descended to the lowest stage of drunkenness and insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Never in all his life had Tom felt his own insignificance as he did now.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh

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