Insignificante in english
Insignificant
pronunciation: ɪnsɪgnjɪfɪkənt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ɪnsɪgnjɪfɪkənt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
insignificante = insignificant ; petty ; trivial ; two-bit ; menial ; trifling ; of no consequence ; a bit of a fluff ; fluff ; light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted] ; paltry ; measly ; piddling.
Example: Most commercial abstracting services rely upon the refereeing procedure applied to the original document in order to eliminate insignificant and inaccurate submissions.Example: It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.Example: A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Example: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks.Example: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles.Example: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Example: A bit of a fluff episode, but it shows just how naive these boys can be.Example: Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.Example: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Example: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Example: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still 'measly'.Example: Personal financial problems and piddling little controversies could absolutely kill a politician, eating away at him, worrying him sick.more:
» algo insignificante = just a little dot .
Example: It might be just a little dot in the huge canvas of our whole lives, but there are those special few that draw the dot with a permanent marker.» asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence .
Example: Therapeutic lying can be practical and effective in matters of no consequence.» cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence .
Example: Therapeutic lying can be practical and effective in matters of no consequence.» hacer que Algo sea insignificante = make + Nombre + pale by comparison .
Example: The article is entitled 'Digital library will make today's Internet pale by comparison'.» parecer insignificante en comparación = pale by + comparison .
Example: No matter how good you are, there's a significant chance of paling by comparison.» ser algo insignificante = be small beer ; be small potato(es) ; be small change .
Example: The United States and United Kingdom are burdened by debt too but household debt even in these two countries is small beer compared to government debt. Example: I know it's small potato for him, but if I'm having so many problems, then others must be having them as well. Example: The casualties from a missile attack by them in response to an attack on their nuclear facilities will be small change compared to the consequences of their government attaining nuclear capability.» ser insignificante = stick + Algo + on a pin-point ; be of no consequence ; be (just) chicken feed .
Example: Miss Laski suggests that in many cases what can be learnt from popular romance can be 'stuck on a pin-point'. Example: Who gets killed is of no consequence but the fact that people are killed is of consequence. Example: $2.5 million may be chicken feed to you, but here in the real world it is a big deal.» ser insignificante de = be slight in .
Example: Inevitably, a large proportion of these self-chosen books will be slight in stature.» volverse insignificante = fade into + insignificance ; dwindle in + insignificance ; pale into + insignificance .
Example: When he was with her, everything faded into insignificance. Example: But the other pleasures in this book are enough to make such fumbles dwindle in significance. Example: Even this pales into insignificance against the magnetic disc drive which can transfer data at 200,000 characters per second, with the discs rotating at 2,400 rpm.