insignificance.

A lack of substantial importance or consequence in the relevant context.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• practical insignificance
• relative insignificance

On the page

Practical insignificance concerned the decision being made, not every possible use of the result.

The detail’s relative insignificance became clear when the larger constraint was identified.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.