insignificancy
State of irrelevance
Insignificancy is an older or less common form of insignificance—the quality of being unimportant or having little consequence.
The word appears occasionally in formal or literary contexts but has largely given way to insignificance in modern usage: the insignificancy of their complaints.
Sixtieth of an hour
- tinyExtremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- negligibleToo small to consider
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
microscopic · diminutive · imperceptible · insubstantial · puny · piddling · picayune · trifling
Not pertinent
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
dispensable · inessential · superfluous · secondary · peripheral · ancillary · subordinate · incidental
Unknown identity state
- unknownNot yet discovered
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- unrecognizedNot identified or acknowledged
- namelessWithout any designation
faceless · unremarkable · undistinguished · unsung · uncelebrated · inglorious · humble · lowly
Surpassed or obscured
- outshoneExceeded in brilliance
- dwarfedMade to appear smaller
- dominatedControlled or overpowered
- diminishedMade or became smaller
overpowered · outclassed · surpassed · upstaged · subordinated · suppressed · subdued · secondary
Not perceived by anyone
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unseenNot perceived visually
- unobservedNot being watched
undetected · disregarded · neglected · unheeded · unacknowledged · unremarked · invisible · background
minute
Sixtieth of an hour
- tinyExtremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- negligibleToo small to consider
infinitesimal · microscopic · diminutive · imperceptible · insubstantial · puny · piddling · picayune · trifling · paltry
irrelevant
Not pertinent
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- nonessentialNot required or needed
unimportant · dispensable · inessential · superfluous · secondary · peripheral · ancillary · subordinate · incidental · extraneous
anonymity
Unknown identity state
- unknownNot yet discovered
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- unrecognizedNot identified or acknowledged
nameless · faceless · unremarkable · undistinguished · unsung · uncelebrated · inglorious · humble · lowly · unremarked
eclipsed
Surpassed or obscured
diminished · overpowered · outclassed · surpassed · upstaged · subordinated · suppressed · subdued · secondary · lesser
unnoticed
Not perceived by anyone
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unseenNot perceived visually
unobserved · undetected · disregarded · neglected · unheeded · unacknowledged · unremarked · invisible · background · subliminal
insignificancysignificance
Quality of mattering
importance · consequence · weight · moment · substance
- pale into insignificanceBecome negligible by contrast
- not insignificant