insignificant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INSIGNIF'ICANT, adjective [in and significant.] 1. Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words. 2. Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites. 3. Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as an insignificant being or fellow. INSIGNIF'ICANT, noun An insignificant trifling or worthless thing.
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