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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSIGNIF'ICANT, a. [in and significant.]
1. Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words.
2. Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites.
3. Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as an insignificant being or fellow.
INSIGNIF'ICANT, n. An insignificant, trifling or worthless thing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not worthy of notice [syn: insignificant, undistinguished]
2: signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"
3: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" [syn: insignificant, peanut]
4: devoid of importance, meaning, or force [syn: insignificant, unimportant] [ant: important, significant]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1651 not significant: as a. lacking meaning or import ; inconsequential b. not worth considering ; unimportant c. lacking weight, position, or influence ; contemptible d. small in size, quantity, or number • insignificantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 unimportant; trifling. 2 (of a person) undistinguished. 3 meaningless. Derivatives: insignificance n. insignificancy n. insignificantly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is insignificant is unimportant, especially because it is very small. In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city. ? significant ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Without meaning, not significant. 2. Unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment.

Moby Thesaurus

aimless, back-burner, casual, cursory, depthless, designless, dinky, dispensable, empty, few, footling, garbled, immaterial, importless, inane, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insubstantial, irrelevant, lesser, light, little, low, meager, meaningless, miniature, minor, minute, negligible, niggling, no great shakes, nonconnotative, nondenotative, nonessential, not vital, nugatory, null, paltry, petit, petty, phatic, picayune, picayunish, piddling, pointless, puny, purportless, purposeless, scrambled, secondary, senseless, shallow, shoestring, short, skin-deep, small, small-beer, small-fry, small-time, superficial, technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, unimpressive, unmeaning, unnoteworthy, unsignificant, unsubstantial