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English Dictionary: insignificance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insignificance
n
  1. the quality of having little or no significance [ant: significance]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Insignificance \In`sig*nif"i*cance\, n.
      1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of
            significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of
            words or phrases.
  
      2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness;
            inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
  
      3. Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of
            influence or standing; meanness.
  
                     Reduce him, from being the first person in the
                     nation, to a state of insignificance. --Beattie.
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