insignificance
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Synonyms & Antonyms for insignificance
Synonyms
immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, slightness, smallness, triviality
Antonyms
bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness
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Daughters and sons should call home in gratitude for the relative insignificance of their own parents’ sins. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Otherhood,’ despite the presence of Felicity Huffman and pals, disappoints," 1 Aug. 2019 There is escapist entertainment, the value of which lies precisely in its ultimate insignificance, serving as a kind of release valve for the pressure of our day-to-day lives. — Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, "Winning the Peace," 10 May 2019 Feeling the sting of insignificance—rare in this age of narcissism—while observing the migration of 1.5 million wildebeests. Digesting the necessary cruelty of the hyena kill. — Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, "18 Summers: The Ultimate Guide to Not Wasting a Single Vacation With Your Kids," 20 July 2018 The Nazi subplot, central to Kaplan's book, also melts away into insignificance here. — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Damascus Cover': Film Review," 4 July 2018 The polarized views of the candidates in the runoff show that partisan loyalties have shifted, and traditional Liberal and Conservative parties have now all but dwindled into insignificance. — Time, "The Most Surprising Aspect of Colombia's Election Wasn't Who Won," 20 June 2018 All problems of local [U.S.] industry pale into insignificance in relation to the world crisis. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump America Isn’t Going to the G7 to Make Friends (or Keep Them)," 7 June 2018 All these weird omissions and errors pale into insignificance compared to the total absence of text in the movie. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Poor Mary Shelley!," 23 May 2018 There is something beautiful about recognizing the person you were meant to be, and the insignificance of things some put so much significance in. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "7 People Describe What It's Really Like to Have Alopecia," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'insignificance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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