insignificant

/,insig'nifikənt/

Thân thiện

The new policy change was insignificant to most employees.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking importance, meaning, or impact: Describes something so small, trivial, or unimportant that it can be safely ignored or has no meaningful effect.
   • Not worthy of attention or notice: Describes something that is too minor or inconsequential to merit consideration.
   • Signifying nothing; meaningless: Describes something that carries no real meaning, message, or force.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The difference in their scores was insignificant. (The difference was so small it did not matter.)
  • He felt his contribution was insignificant compared to the team's overall effort. (He felt his contribution was too minor to be important.)
  • The changes to the document were insignificant and did not alter its meaning. (The changes were trivial and meaningless.)

Advanced Usage

• Statistically insignificant: In research, a result so small it could be due to chance rather than a specific cause.
  • The correlation between the two factors was found to be statistically insignificant.
• To make someone feel insignificant: To cause someone to feel unimportant or powerless.
  • The vastness of the universe can make our daily problems seem insignificant.

Variants and Related Words

• Insignificance (noun): The state or quality of being insignificant.
  • He was frustrated by the insignificance of his role in the large corporation.
• Insignificantly (adverb): In an insignificant manner.
  • The price increased only insignificantly.

Synonyms

• Trivial: Of little value or importance.
• Negligible: So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering.
• Inconsequential: Not important or significant.
• Minor: Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
• Petty: Of little importance; trivial (often with a negative connotation of being overly concerned with small matters).

Antonyms

• Significant: Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention.
• Important: Of great significance or value.
• Major: Important, serious, or significant.
• Meaningful: Having meaning, significance, or purpose.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• A drop in the ocean/bucket: An amount so small it is insignificant in relation to the whole.
  • Our donation was just a drop in the ocean compared to the total needed.
• Make a mountain out of a molehill: To treat a minor issue as if it were a significant problem.
  • You're making a mountain out of a molehill; it's an insignificant mistake.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. devoid of importance, meaning, or force
2. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
   • a minor, insignificant bureaucrat
   • peanut politicians
3. signifying nothing
   • insignificant sounds
4. not worthy of notice

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unimportant
• peanut
• undistinguished