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Adjective: insignificant  ,in-sig'ni-fu-kunt
  1. Of little importance, influence or power; of minor status
    "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat";
    - peanut [N. Amer]
     
  2. Devoid of importance, meaning, or force
    "The insignificant detail was overlooked in the investigation";
    - unimportant
     
  3. Small and unimpressive
    "an insignificant sum of money";
    - dinky [informal]
     
  4. Signifying nothing
    "insignificant sounds"

See also: flimsy, fragile, hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, inappreciable, light, little, meaningless, minor, nonmeaningful, significance, slight, small, superficial, tenuous, thin, trivial, unimportant

Antonym: important

Encyclopedia: Insignificant