Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insignificance"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Insignificance \In`sig*nif"i*cance\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of
significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of
words or phrases.

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

3. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

insignificance
n : the quality of having little or no significance [ant: {significance}]


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