insignificancy

noun

in·​sig·​nif·​i·​can·​cy ˌin(t)-sig-ˈni-fi-kən(t)-sē 

plural insignificancies

1

: insignificance

2

: an insignificant thing or person

Synonyms

• cipher
• dwarf
• half-pint
• insect
• lightweight
• morsel
• nobody
• nonentity
• nothing
• nullity
• number
• pip-squeak
• pygmy
• pigmy
• shrimp
• snippersnapper
• twerp
• whippersnapper
• zero
• zilch

Examples of insignificancy in a Sentence

forced to face the fact that he would always be an insignificancy in such a large law firm, he decided to strike out on his own

we shouldn't even be talking about a matter of such patent insignificancy

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1