Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insignificant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insignificant \In`sig*nif"i*cant\, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import;
meaningless; as, insignificant words.
2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.
Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean;
contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;
inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insignificant
adj 1: not large enough to consider or notice [syn: {trivial}]
2: not worthy of notice [syn: {undistinguished}]
3: signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his
response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall [syn:
{unmeaning}]
4: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
[syn: {peanut}]
5: not important or noteworthy [syn: {unimportant}] [ant: {significant}]
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