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INSIGNIFICANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of having little or no significance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("insignificance" is a kind of...):
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insignificance"):
meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)
inconsequence (having no important effects or influence)
Antonym:
significance (the quality of being significant)
Derivation:
insignificant (of little importance or influence or power; of minor status)
insignificant (signifying nothing)
insignificant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)