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insignificance

/ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/noun

उच्चारण इन्सिग्निफ़िकन्स

तुच्छता, नगण्यता

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noun
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    the state of being small or not important

    तुच्छता, नगण्यता

    • Our problems fade into insignificance compared to theirs.
    • Compared with the loss of a life, our small worries sink into insignificance.
    • Standing under the huge sky, I felt my own insignificance.
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    • The cost is of such insignificance that we can ignore it.
    • The minor error faded into insignificance when the results came in.

    Synonyms unimportance triviality pettiness irrelevance inconsequence

    Opposite significance importance consequence relevance

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in·sig·nif·i·cance

?Which word?

Keep the unimportant words together: insignificance, triviality, pettiness (being concerned with small things), irrelevance, inconsequence.

महत्वहीनता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: insignificance, triviality, pettiness (छोटी बातों में उलझना), irrelevance, inconsequence।

§Grammar and usage

Keep the adjectives: insignificant, trivial, negligible, paltry, piffling (informal).

Adjectives याद रखिए: insignificant, trivial, negligible, paltry, piffling (अनौपचारिक)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Pale or fade into insignificance (seem unimportant compared with something else).

Idiom अक्सर पूछा जाता है: pale या fade into insignificance (किसी और चीज़ के सामने महत्वहीन लगना)।