Insignificant and Significant

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Insignificant

Insignificant adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: an insignificant detail that we can safely ignore
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Significant is an antonym for insignificant in topics: unimportant, not important.
Nearby Words: insignificance, insignificancy, insignificantly

Significant

Significant adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: made a significant change in the procedure for applying for citizenship
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Insignificant is an antonym for significant in topics: important, telling.
Nearby Words: significance, significantly, signification
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  • Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic Chrono Crusade teeters back and forth on the "significant/insignificant" line.
    Source: Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
  • Literature / The Obernewtyn Chronicles In fact, he probably counts as a Chekhov's Boomerang, considering the number of times seemingly insignificant things related to him at the time being ridiculously significant later.
    Source: Literature / The Obernewtyn Chronicles
  • Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr Insignificant Little Blue Planet: Earth is a strategic backwater, as an isolated cul-de-sac in the wormhole nexus, but it is still diplomatically and culturally significant:But Earth still reigned, if it did not rule, culturally supreme.
    Source: Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr
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