Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonsignificant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: non-signif-i-cant
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not significant.

adj

Lacking statistical significance.

noun

Something that has no significance.

Example Sentences

"Locusts that received an injection of 5-HTP but were not crowded also showed a similar but also nonsignificant increase in P_(greg) (median 0.38; P = 0.448), which indicates that this treatment was also insufficient to induce full behavioral gregarization."
"The kinds of Ciphers (besides the simple ciphers with changes and intermixtures of nulls and nonsignificants) are many, according to the nature or rule of the infolding; […]"
"Morwyn will be too concerned with the threat I present to worry about two nonsignificants in the area."

Etymology

From non- + significant.

Inflected Forms

nonsignificants (plural)

Synonyms

insignificant

Questions

What does nonsignificant mean?: Not significant.
Where does nonsignificant come from?: From non- + significant.

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