insignificancy

[ in-sig-nif-i-kuhn-see ]

noun

, plural in·sig·nif·i·can·cies

1. insignificance.
2. an insignificant person or thing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of insignificancy¹

First recorded in 1645–55; insignific(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

When, by them, administration is convinced of its insignificancy, they are soon to be convinced of their own.

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Their total insignificancy screened them from the fatal effects of the caprices of their tyrants.

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The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

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On arriving at the spot, it was distressing to observe the insignificancy of the place, with regard to such a melancholy event.

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Now the tribe has been reduced to comparative insignificancy by this dreadful scourge.

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