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BNC: 18436 COCA: 24695

— insignificance

/ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkəns/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 18436 COCA: 24695

insignificance

noun

in·​sig·​nif·​i·​cance ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)s How to pronounce insignificance (audio)
: the quality or state of being insignificant

Example Sentences

a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance
Recent Examples on the Web There’s a peculiar beauty, though, in peering into the cosmos and contemplating our own insignificance. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 By the 1970s, populations of large whales had dwindled to insignificance. Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 Strange phenomena call our attention to the sprawling nature of time and our own insignificance. Michael Friedrich, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 On Taiwan, support for peaceful unification with China has dropped to virtual insignificance, in large part because the Taiwanese population has seen what happened in Hong Kong when the CCP exerted its will in a big way. CBS News, 10 Aug. 2022 The Trickbot Leaks make the Conti disclosures all but pale into insignificance, being not only four times the size but containing much more helpful information from the threat intelligence perspective. Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 July 2022 In another sense, those costs, in their very insignificance, do affect economic decisions. Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 In recent years, some market pros have wondered if that role had shrunk to near insignificance, given the increasing dominance of institutional investors and the share of stock-exchange volume coming from high-frequency trading. Mark Hulbert, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 The Oscars telecast may have suddenly become newsworthy again, but the Oscars themselves — the winning performers, artists and films — all but faded into insignificance. Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of insignificance was in 1699
BNC: 18436 COCA: 24695
insignificance

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSIGNIFICANCE ADJECTIVErelative相對的無足輕重VERB + INSIGNIFICANCEfade into, pale into變得無足輕重;相形見絀Her achievements fade into insignificance beside those of her sisters.她的成績與姐妹們的相比簡直是微不足道。

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