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insignificance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

the state of being insignificant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of having little or no significance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: significance

Broader terms: unimportance

Narrower terms: meaninglessness, inconsequence

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English significance English insignificance From in- + significance.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: незначителност (neznačitelnost) — quality of being insignificant
  • Catalan: insignificança — quality of being insignificant
  • Dutch: onbeduidendheid — quality of being insignificant
  • Finnish: merkityksettömyys — quality of being insignificant
  • French: insignifiance — quality of being insignificant
  • German: Bedeutungslosigkeit — quality of being insignificant
  • Greek: ασημαντότητα (asimantótita) — quality of being insignificant
  • Greek: μηδαμινότητα (midaminótita) — quality of being insignificant
  • Irish: diomaibhse — quality of being insignificant
  • Irish: suarachas — quality of being insignificant
  • Latin: parvitās — quality of being insignificant
  • Macedonian: безна́чајност (beznáčajnost) — quality of being insignificant
  • Macedonian: незначи́телност (neznačítelnost) — quality of being insignificant
  • Macedonian: ни́штожност (níštožnost) — quality of being insignificant
  • Māori: hanganoatanga — quality of being insignificant
  • Polish: nieistotność — quality of being insignificant
  • Portuguese: insignificância — quality of being insignificant
  • Romanian: nesemnificanță — quality of being insignificant
  • Romanian: neimportanță — quality of being insignificant
  • Spanish: insignificancia — quality of being insignificant
  • Spanish: intrascendencia — quality of being insignificant
  • Swedish: betydelselöshet — quality of being insignificant