"insignificant" meaning in English

See insignificant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ Audio: en-us-insignificant.ogg Forms: more insignificant [comparative], most insignificant [superlative]
Etymology: From in- (“not”) + significant. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|significant|t1=not}} in- (“not”) + significant Head templates: {{en-adj}} insignificant (comparative more insignificant, superlative most insignificant)
  1. Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect. Translations (not significant; not important): খাকদর খাক (khakdor khak) (Bengali), незначителен (neznačitelen) (Bulgarian), insignificant (Catalan), 無意義 (Chinese Mandarin), 无意义 (wúyìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 無關緊要 (Chinese Mandarin), 无关紧要 (wúguān jǐnyào) (Chinese Mandarin), 無足重輕 (Chinese Mandarin), 无足重轻 (wúzúzhòngqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), nevýznamný (Czech), onbelangrijk (Dutch), onbelangrijke (Dutch), изи (izi) (Eastern Mari), mitätön (Finnish), merkityksetön (Finnish), samantekevä (Finnish), vähäpätöinen (Finnish), insignifiant (French), insignificante (Galician), bedeutungslos (German), unbedeutend (German), ασήμαντος (asímantos) (Greek), तुच्छ (tucch) (Hindi), नगण्य (nagaṇya) (Hindi), निरर्थक (nirarthak) (Hindi), महत्वहीन (mahatvahīn) (Hindi), अर्थहीन (arthahīn) (Hindi), jelentéktelen (Hungarian), insignificante (Italian), irrilevante (Italian), nullo (Italian), 些細な (sasai na) (alt: ささいな) (Japanese), 無意味な (muimi na) (alt: むいみな) (Japanese), មិនសំខាន់ (mɨn sɑmkʰan) (Khmer), មិនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់ (mɨn kuə aoy kɑt sɑmkoal) (Khmer), 하찮은 (hachaneun) (Korean), perexiguus (Latin), whetowheto (Maori), hauwarea (Maori), hanganoa (Maori), insignificant (Occitan), nieistotny (Polish), błahy (Polish), insignificante (Portuguese), nesemnificant (Romanian), nesemnificativ (Romanian), neimportant (Romanian), незначи́тельный (neznačítelʹnyj) (Russian), безначајан (Serbo-Croatian), beznačajan (Serbo-Croatian), insignificante (Spanish), oscuro (Spanish), desestimable (Spanish), pichirruchi [masculine] (Spanish), obetydlig (Swedish), betydelselös (Swedish), anlamsız (Turkish), ehemmiyetsiz [dated] (Turkish), manasız (Turkish), önemsiz (Turkish), незначни́й (neznačnýj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Without meaning; not signifying anything.
    Sense id: en-insignificant-en-adj-pVm95hAj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: insignificance, insignificantly Related terms: small, tiny, nothing, nonentity

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "খাকদর খাক"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "незначителен"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "無意義"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "wúyìyì",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "无意义"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "無關緊要"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "roman": "wúguān jǐnyào",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "無足重輕"
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          "roman": "wúzúzhòngqīng",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "无足重轻"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "nevýznamný"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "onbelangrijk"
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          "word": "mitätön"
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          "word": "merkityksetön"
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          "word": "samantekevä"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "bedeutungslos"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "asímantos",
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          "word": "ασήμαντος"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tucch",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "तुच्छ"
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          "roman": "nagaṇya",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "nirarthak",
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          "word": "निरर्थक"
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          "roman": "mahatvahīn",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "महत्वहीन"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "अर्थहीन"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "jelentéktelen"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "irrilevante"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "alt": "ささいな",
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          "roman": "sasai na",
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          "word": "些細な"
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          "alt": "むいみな",
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          "roman": "muimi na",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "無意味な"
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mɨn sɑmkʰan",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "មិនសំខាន់"
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          "roman": "mɨn kuə aoy kɑt sɑmkoal",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "មិនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hachaneun",
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          "word": "하찮은"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "perexiguus"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "hauwarea"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "hanganoa"
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          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "izi",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "изи"
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          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "nieistotny"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "błahy"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "insignificante"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "nesemnificant"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neznačítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "незначи́тельный"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not significant; not important",
          "word": "безначајан"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "insignificante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "nesemnificant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "nesemnificativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "neimportant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neznačítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "незначи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "безначајан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "beznačajan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "insignificante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "oscuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "desestimable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pichirruchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "obetydlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "betydelselös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "anlamsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "ehemmiyetsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "manasız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "önemsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neznačnýj",
      "sense": "not significant; not important",
      "word": "незначни́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insignificant"
}

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