insignificance

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noun

the state of being insignificant

Opposite
significance
OriginEnglish significance ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nouninsignificance (countable and uncountable, plural insignificances)

plural insignificances

  1. countableuncountablethe state of being insignificant

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
significance

nounthe quality of having little or no significance

Opposite
significance
Broader
unimportance
Also see
unsignificance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishsignificance
  8. Englishinsignificance

From in- + significance.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian незначителност
  • незначителност (neznačitelnost)quality of being insignificant
Catalan insignificança
  • insignificançaquality of being insignificant
Dutch onbeduidendheid
  • onbeduidendheidquality of being insignificant
Finnish merkityksettömyys
  • merkityksettömyysquality of being insignificant
French insignifiance
  • insignifiancequality of being insignificant
German Bedeutungslosigkeit
  • Bedeutungslosigkeitquality of being insignificant
Greek ασημαντότητα, μηδαμινότητα
  • ασημαντότητα (asimantótita)quality of being insignificant
  • μηδαμινότητα (midaminótita)quality of being insignificant
Irish diomaibhse, suarachas
  • diomaibhsequality of being insignificant
  • suarachasquality of being insignificant
Latin parvitās
  • parvitāsquality of being insignificant
Māori hanganoatanga
  • hanganoatangaquality of being insignificant
Polish nieistotność
  • nieistotnośćquality of being insignificant
Portuguese insignificância
  • insignificânciaquality of being insignificant
Romanian nesemnificanță, neimportanță
  • nesemnificanțăquality of being insignificant
  • neimportanțăquality of being insignificant
Spanish insignificancia, intrascendencia
  • insignificanciaquality of being insignificant
  • intrascendenciaquality of being insignificant
Swedish betydelselöshet
  • betydelselöshetquality of being insignificant
Cite this entry
APA

insignificance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificance

MLA

“insignificance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insignificance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificance.

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