[ noun ] the quality of having little or no significance <noun.attribute>
Insignificance \In`sig*nif"i*cance\, n. 1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
2. Lack of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
3. Lack of claim to consideration or notice; lack of influence or standing; meanness.
Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation, to a state of insignificance. --Beattie.
Bush underscored the insignificance of North Dakota's primary during a speech in Denver over the weekend that was telecast via satellite to a North Dakota Republican Party meeting.
In this category, visitors from both Britain and the Republic declined by 7 and 17 per cent respectively last year. Ulster's tourist trade pales into insignificance beside that of competing regions.
As everyday life is cut open before our eyes, no one in this biopsy on a blighted Paradise is allowed to escape attention by the excuse of 'insignificance.'
He cited a 1986 letter from Mr Bush to thank him for having brought to his attention rumours that Mr Bush's sons might have been involved in the Iran-Contra affair. But this disclaimer paled into insignificance when compared with the rest of his remarks.