Insect
Insect noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: the magazine's editor in chief was notorious for treating staffers as insects, often not even bothering to learn their names
Number
Number noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
Both words in one sentence
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Friend to All Living Things "No number twos yet... which will disappoint my insect friends." From Bad to Worse: In so many ways.
Source: Film / 127 Hours -
In an insect world example, compare the number of Japanese hornets to European honeybees and who wins.
Source: Elite Army - A Bug's Life: The barcode number on the cereal box used for a building for the insect city Flik visits in the film.
Source: Once per Episode
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