pale into insignificance

verb

To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.

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pale in comparison
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Meanings

verbpale into insignificance (third-person singular simple present pales into insignificance, present participle paling into insignificance, simple past and past participle paled into insignificance)

present singular third person pales into insignificance · participle present paling into insignificance · participle past paled into insignificance · past paled into insignificance

  1. To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.

    Synonyms: pale in comparison

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.

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pale in comparison
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pale into insignificance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale%20into%20insignificance

MLA

“pale into insignificance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale%20into%20insignificance. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pale into insignificance,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale%20into%20insignificance.

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