insignificant

Definitions

1. what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
2. Someone or something that is insignificant.
3. small, tiny
4. a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
5. tripes (used as food)

Equivalents

Examples

“Methinks I feel⟳ all the Woman riſe in me when I reflect⟳ upon the nauſeous Rogues that pretend⟳ to deceive⟳ us. Wretches! that can never have⟳ it in their Power to over-reach any Thing living but their Miſtreſſes! In the Name⟳ of Goodneſs, if we are deſigned by Nature as ſuitable Companions to the other Sex, why are we not treated accordingly? If we have⟳ Merit, as ſome allow⟳, why is it not as baſe in Men to injure⟳ us, as one another? If we are the Inſignificants, that others call⟳ us, where is the Triumph in deceiving us?”

“The whole forenoon generally ſpent amidſt a ſucceſſion of viſitants, a mob of idlers; the reſt of the day in dinners, public places, and evening-parties. Although in my own⟳ mind⟳ I deſpiſed the giddy reſtleſs inſignificants that figured in this perpetual drama; yet as I conſidered myſelf as a paſſenger only for the time, I ſubmitted to be carried along with the ſtream, and partook of the flying amuſements, as they occurred.”

“An interesting series of advertisements is now being run⟳ by Henry W. Peabody & Company, of New York, makers of Domes of Silence, for the purpose of glorifying the insignificants of retailing. The keynote of this advertising is a broad-gauged attempt⟳ to sell⟳ dealers the idea of grouping small wares in such a way that they will gain⟳ strength by union.”

“Sometimes, they lunch-called you between 12:45 and 2:00, knowing you wouldn’t be there. It’s an art form⟳, passed down generation to generation. I tried to one-up them by early-calling them, usually from home, say⟳ at 8:30 a.m., their poor assistants knowing that was one more return⟳ call⟳ they’d have⟳ to do that night when they were still at the office at 10 p.m. late-calling the insignificants of the 310 area code.”

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