insignificante
= insignificant, petty [pettier -comp., pettiest -sup.], trivial, two-bit, menial, trifling, of no consequence, a bit of a fluff, fluff, light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.].
Ex: Most commercial abstracting services rely upon the refereeing procedure applied to the original document in order to eliminate insignificant and inaccurate submissions.
Ex: It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.
Ex: A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.
Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.
Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
Ex: Don"t waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
Ex: A bit of a fluff episode, but it shows just how naive these boys can be.
Ex: Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.
Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still "measly".
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* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.
* cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence.
* hacer que Algo sea insignificante = make + Nombre + pale by comparison.
* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.
* ser insignificante de = be slight in.