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# insignificant

«insignificant» in Mova's school dictionary: **too small or unimportant to matter** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/#m1)

2) (in tales) An insignificant person is small or plain and seems of no worth, though may turn out important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

describes a small detail or a little person in a story; in lessons, a tiny number or amount that can be ignored in a rough answer

### examples

- It was only an insignificant crumb on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/#x1)
- The mouse seemed insignificant beside the lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/#x2)
- Don't worry about insignificant mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; an insignificant part of a total still counts in an exact answer

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insignificant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.