"insignificance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insignificances [plural]
Etymology: From in- + significance. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|in-|significance}} in- + significance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insignificance (countable and uncountable, plural insignificances)
  1. the state of being insignificant Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: pale into insignificance Translations (quality of being insignificant): незначителност (neznačitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), insignificança [feminine] (Catalan), onbeduidendheid (Dutch), merkityksettömyys (Finnish), ασημαντότητα (asimantótita) [feminine] (Greek), μηδαμινότητα (midaminótita) [feminine] (Greek), diomaibhse [feminine] (Irish), suarachas [masculine] (Irish), parvitās [feminine] (Latin), безна́чајност (beznáčajnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), незначи́телност (neznačítelnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ни́штожност (níštožnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), hanganoatanga (Maori), insignificância [feminine] (Portuguese), nesemnificanță [feminine] (Romanian), neimportanță [feminine] (Romanian), insignificancia [feminine] (Spanish), intrascendencia [feminine] (Spanish), betydelselöshet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-insignificance-en-noun-wEj0aaVR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-

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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "neznačitelnost",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "word": "onbeduidendheid"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "word": "merkityksettömyys"
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          ],
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          ],
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ни́штожност"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "word": "hanganoatanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insignificância"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nesemnificanță"
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "intrascendencia"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
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          ],
          "word": "betydelselöshet"
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    }
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      "roman": "neznačitelnost",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "word": "onbeduidendheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "word": "merkityksettömyys"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asimantótita",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ασημαντότητα"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μηδαμινότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diomaibhse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suarachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parvitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "beznáčajnost",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безна́чајност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neznačítelnost",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "незначи́телност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "níštožnost",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ни́штожност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "word": "hanganoatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insignificância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nesemnificanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neimportanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insignificancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intrascendencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality of being insignificant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "betydelselöshet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insignificance"
}

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