незначительный

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Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) +‎ значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj)

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Adjective

незначи́тельный (neznačítelʹnyj)

  1. insignificant, unimportant, negligible, minor, marginal
    • 1846, Фёдор Достоевский , “Июнь. Тетрадь. II”, in Бедные люди; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Poor People, 1914:
      Говоря́т, что его́ мать была́ о́чень хороша́ собо́ю, и мне стра́нно ка́жется, почему́ она́ так неуда́чно вы́шла за́муж, за тако́го незначи́тельного челове́ка...
      Govorját, što jevó matʹ bylá óčenʹ xorošá sobóju, i mne stránno kážetsja, počemú oná tak neudáčno výšla zámuž, za takóvo neznačítelʹnovo čelovéka...
      They say his mother was very pretty, and it seems strange to me that she should have been so unfortunately married to such an insignificant man.
  2. small, slight, little

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