Dictionary entry

Insignificant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.