Great
Great adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: regards global warming as the great issue of the day
Insignificant
Insignificant adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: an insignificant detail that we can safely ignore
Great is an antonym for insignificant.
Both words in one sentence
- The Empire's motivation for signing the treaty, which gives the empire a bunch of strategically insignificant worlds, is a great mystery, and the Emperor disappeared soon after it was signed.
Source: Space Cold War -
In some cases, this is practically a "cherry popsicle" in that a great number of the unrecoverables are insignificant to the story.
Source: Cryonics Failure - The winning side suffers great casualties almost from the start, and Captain Miller, the film's "hero", is just another insignificant soldier.
Source: Pendulum War
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