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† insigˈnificative, a. Obs.
[ad. late L. insignificātīv-us (found as a name of the infinitive mood), f. in- (in-3) + *significātīvus, f. significāre to signify.]
Not significative, not denoting by external signs.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. ii. rule 6 §52 They were ineffective and insignificative. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 283 Adam..named all living Creatures not by words of a first institution, antecedently insignificative. 1751tr. Pernetti's Phil. Lett. Physiognomy 230 The ordinary sort of the unmeaning [eyes] are not indeed utterly insignificative. |