in·sig·nif·i·cant /-kənt/
(a.)無關重要的,無意義的,瑣碎的
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.
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insignificant
adj 1: not large enough to consider or notice [syn: trivial]
2: not worthy of notice [syn: undistinguished]
3: signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his
response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall [syn:
unmeaning]
4: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
[syn: peanut]
5: not important or noteworthy [syn: unimportant] [ant: significant]