adj. 不重要的；微小的；毫无意义的；不足道
insignificant只有作形容词的用法，如：
The paement in Chinese garden design is made doubly interesting by the employment of insignificant, or een waste, material.
中国园林的铺地由于使用的是无关紧要的甚至无用的材料而使其更加有趣。
She was forced to invent insignificant jobs, to prove to herself she had not lapsed from the faith which necessity and her origins made the only possible one.
她不得不想些无关紧要的事情做做，借以证明自己并没有叛离那由于贫困和出身而造成的唯一的信仰。
1. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.
总督察讨厌在细枝末节上没完没了地纠缠。
2. In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
1949年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。
3. The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.
河水中的化学物质含量不容忽视。
4. The rate has fallen by an insignificant amount.
比率虽有下降,但微不足道.
5. 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.
有35%的多数民众认为，经济改革不会带来实质性的变革。
6. Miss Tang said, " Mr. Fang, you are too concerned with insignificant details.
唐小姐道: “ 方先生真会挑眼!