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insignificant

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌɪnsɪɡˈnjɪfɪkənt// UK //ˌɪnsɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt// in·signif·i·cant

adj. very small or unimportant. You use this when something does not matter much or has no real effect.

adj. having little importance, value, or influence. Often used to dismiss a factor as negligible in a specific context.


SIMPLE

The error was insignificant and did not change the result.

CONTEXTUAL

The delay was insignificant compared to the months of planning we had already done.

COMPLEX

Historians now view the treaty as insignificant, arguing that deeper economic forces drove the conflict regardless of its terms.

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From in- (“not”) + significant.

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