insignificancy
AmericanEtymology
Origin of insignificancy
First recorded in 1645–55; insignific(ant) + -ancy
Example Sentences
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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)
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.
As bravery is said to be a panoply, insignificancy is always a shelter.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
The insignificancy of my manners to the rest of the world makes the laughers call me a quidnunc, a phrase I shall never inquire what they mean by it.
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.
Pleased, as I gazed upon thy lofty brow Where Nature seems her loveliest robes to wear, I felt that Pride at such a scene must bow, And own its insignificancy there.
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul
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