How to Use insignificant in a Sentence

insignificant

adjective

• Looking up at the stars always makes me feel so small and insignificant.
• They lost an insignificant amount of money.
• These problems are not insignificant.
• And the amount of deaths in children is not insignificant.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 31 July 2021
• The details are not insignificant, and the journey is not an easy one.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 30 July 2021
• Updike was going to present my award, which came with a certificate and a not insignificant check.
  — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• That’s when things happen that can seem as small as a paper cut (or insignificant) but over time, those cuts multiply and cause a lot of pain.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• Some of them were once ordinary and insignificant, like my grandparents’ home in the countryside.
  — Genevieve Bormes, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021
• And the gains in Afghanistan—part of our counter-insurgency strategy—are not insignificant.
  — James Stavridis, Time, 16 Aug. 2021
• Today, having such festivities might seem insignificant, like a fun way to relieve tension after a day at work or a way to meet new people.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
• Some will call all this petty and insignificant, but UAB to the Big 12 shouldn’t be considered a joke.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2021
• Considering the financial impact a loss in productivity can have, this is not an insignificant amount.
  — Caroline Lee, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Smith might be a billionaire, but $50 million is not an insignificant hit to his bank account — especially for a team that would be, in effect, just running it back.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2021
• That doesn’t make this preseason appearance by Slater insignificant, not when the Chargers are relying so much on their latest first-round choice.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• In Espada’s case, the pushback includes an act as seemingly insignificant as the decision to not take the extra time to cut her son’s sandwich into a star shape.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• While trans students represent a relatively small percentage of students overall, their numbers are not insignificant and continue to grow.
  — Genny Beemyn, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2021
• The amount this single tweet may have just done for the youth vote is not insignificant.
  — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 July 2024
• But that doesn’t mean the rally from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to win was insignificant.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
• On the one hand, the investments in the budget are not insignificant.
  — Mary Kay Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• And even the more insignificant like Dwayne Haskins and Luke Falk.
  — Dan Kadar, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• Then there is the allure of the not insignificant anonymity of a largely TMZ-free zone.
  — Horacio Silva, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
• The loss of Al-Shaair, who started 22 games the past two seasons, is not insignificant.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2023
• The Rangers may have been outshot, but the two teams combined for an insignificant 51 shots.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• Some not-so-insignificant hurdles have been cleared in the process.
  — Brian Peccarelli, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
• None of these costs are insignificant, and they're all reflected at the pump.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 10 July 2022
• To make this quite clear: There is a not-so-insignificant risk of a government shut down right now.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
• Moral issues are not insignificant, but they can be dealt with in time.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• There is no advantage too insignificant or edge too small when the stakes are this large and the margin this slim.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
• So, the fact Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers was able to end the night with three straight kneel-downs wasn’t insignificant.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Research shows that an insignificant amount of Claritin passes through breast milk, and that would not cause any problems for your infant.
  — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024