nonsignificant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌnɑnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ UK /ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ See IPA manual

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adj
not significant, especially statistically

The difference between the groups was nonsignificant.

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1 adj · not significant, especially... insignificant negligible unimportant trivial immaterial inconsequential

Opposites

significant meaningful important

Word family

Related forms significant significance signify

Etymology

From non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make').

non Latin significare Latin

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# nonsignificant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌnɑnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
**IPA (UK):** ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt

## Meanings
1. not significant, especially statistically

## Examples
- The difference between the groups was nonsignificant.

## Synonyms
- insignificant
- negligible
- unimportant
- trivial
- immaterial
- inconsequential

## Antonyms
- significant
- meaningful
- important

## Related Forms
- significant
- significance
- signify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: significare

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make').

## AI Etymology
Nonsignificant is from non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and significare (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not significant, especially statistically. The wider family includes related words such as significant, significance, and signify.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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