insignificant

Definition

  • adjective: small or unimportant
  • adjective: not significant
  • synonyms: trivial, inferior, contemptible

Examples

  • Looking up at the stars always makes me feel so small and 'insignificant'.

  • They lost an 'insignificant' amount of money.

  • These problems are 'not insignificant'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and trying to hide it, because he was ashamed. I think I know this man better than anyone here. This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant old man who... who has been nothing all his life. Who has never had recognition or his name in the newspapers. Nobody knows him. Nobody quotes him. (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men
  • (..) She said she saw it through the windows of a moving el train. There were six cars on the train. She saw it through the last two. She remembered insignificant details. How can you argue with that? Has anybody here any idea how long it would take an el... This isn't a game. Did you see him? (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men