INSIGNIFICANCE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

2.
n.

Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.

3.
n.

Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of influence or standing; meanness. Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation, to a state of insignificance. Beattie.

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