not big or valuable enough to be considered important an insignificant difference The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant. He made her feel insignificant and stupid. opposite significant AWL Collocationssignificantsignificant adjectiveimportant; so large that you notice it
- change, difference, effect, impact, improvement, increase, reduction
- contribution
- correlation
- statistically
- highly
- culturally, economically, historically, morally, politically, socially
- prove
- detail
- decrease, difference, increase
- statistically
- apparently, seemingly
- relatively
- statistical
- assess
- grasp
- downplay, underestimate
- differ, vary
- lower (than)
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NAmE//ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfəkəns//
noun [uncountable] Success took him from insignificance to wealth and fame. adverbSee insignificant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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