adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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She feels as insignificant as the worms that burrow beneath the sand and as vulnerable.
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But this would rule out so many of our statements as insignificant that it would be self-defeating.
relatively
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In the West armies were cosmopolitan and religious animosities relatively insignificant .
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But in industrial goods markets the role of the buying function may vary from significant to relatively insignificant .
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The carnivores are small and relatively insignificant .
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The duke's local supporters in East Anglia appear not only disparate but also relatively insignificant .
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Their extensive lands were organised and run from these focal places, which often appear relatively insignificant today.
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Such civil action settlements, whilst absolutely large are again relatively insignificant .
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Answer: by speeding up the processing of applicants to such an extent that the differences are relatively insignificant .
so
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The faded envelope looked so insignificant - and perhaps it was.
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The issues on which the schism turned have often seemed to Western scholars so insignificant as to be almost laughable.
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So small is this world, and so insignificant are its participants, that detailed attention might be considered unnecessary.
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A man feels so insignificant against its vastness that confidences no longer seem something to keep to oneself.
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And if it was so insignificant then why can I still see that first kiss even now?
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Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance.
■ NOUN
amount
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Mathematically, an almost insignificant amount of living things in Florida call it Florida.
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Sixteen people lost an insignificant amount , and nine others gained weight or stayed the same.
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The damage to reading, literacy and education would be catastrophic, but the revenue collected an insignificant amount .
number
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More Republicans did answer this particular poll, he said, but it was a statistically insignificant number .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an insignificant detail
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The anti-war group was an insignificant minority within the party.
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The cost of the software is insignificant compared with the cost of training employees to use it.
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The spies' payroll included insignificant clerks and highly placed officials.