insignificance
Example Sentences
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Whether the man or the beast is more isolated and miserable may be debated, but the gorilla, we assume, hasn’t had to face the harsh truth of his insignificance in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Despite the pile-up of particulars, Metcalfe knows he must find the lost poem, that it is the keystone without which the story crumbles into insignificance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
It also makes the £235.4m net spend from the five years previous pale into insignificance.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
“In something like fifty seconds, I was quite certain I was not. It took just about that time to measure the startling insignificance of this man who has set world agog.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
Lazlo looked down at his feet, reluctant to explain his own insignificance.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
