insignificancy
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The revolution had entered into a new phase, the Legislative Assembly had become the Constituent Assembly, which despoiled the monarchy of the last appearance of power and degraded it to a mere insignificancy.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
He had evaded this omnipresence by utter insignificancy!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
When, by them, administration is convinced of its insignificancy, they are soon to be convinced of their own.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
On arriving at the spot, it was distressing to observe the insignificancy of the place, with regard to such a melancholy event.
From Confessions of an Etonian by I. E. M.
The rudiments of every art and science exhibit at first, to the learner, the appearance of littleness and insignificancy.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
