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Insignificance
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
3. Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of influence or standing; meanness. Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation, to a state of insignificance. Beattie.