insignificance

Example Sentences

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Despite the pile-up of particulars, Metcalfe knows he must find the lost poem, that it is the keystone without which the story crumbles into insignificance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

"But in a time like this, football pales into insignificance," he added.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Lola is a relative free spirit with an open heart but a sense of limits; Aimée’s performance emphasizes the essential innocence, or maybe insignificance, of her flirtations.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

A grain of sand is generally used for expressing tininess, or insignificance.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2023

I am a “good person,” as my demented charges at the nursing home agree, but maybe Em also just sick of my suddenly acquired insignificance.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich