† insignificativeadj.
Obsolete.
Not significative, not denoting by external signs.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]
emptya1225
sleevelessc1450
dumb1531
insensible1538
senseless1579
weetless1579
unsignificant1603
surd1605
matterless1612
unmeaning1632
non-significative1633
brute1642
shelly1648
insignificant1651
insignificative1660
unsignificative1664
unsignifying1665
unsensed1667
meaningless1728
bilka1734
meanless1734
inexpressive1744
unideal1751
unexpressive1755
idealess1793
unsuggestive1797
tenorless1821
themeless1840
nonsensible1851
inarticulate1855
purportless1865
expressionless1871
vacuous1872
contentless1886
unmeaningful1897
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. Rule 6 §52 They were ineffective and insignificative.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 283 Adam..named all living Creatures not by words of a first institution, antecedently insignificative.
1751 tr. J. Pernetti Philos. Lett. Physiognomies 230 The ordinary sort of the unmeaning [eyes] are not indeed utterly insignificative.
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