In`sig*nif"i*cance (?), n.
1. The condition or quality of being
insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the
insignificance of words or phrases.
2. Want of force or effect; unimportance;
pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human
art.
3. Want of claim to consideration or notice;
want of influence or standing; meanness.
Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation,
to a state of insignificance.
Beattie.