Insignificance: English Vocabulary List

lacking importance or significance

"His interest was superficial."

"While the initial report seemed promising, further investigation revealed its findings to be superficial and lacking in depth."

having limited significance or importance

"The difference is marginal."

"The marginal improvement in her test scores was not enough to raise her grade to a passing level so she failed."

to reduce the quality or effectiveness of something

"The signal will degrade."

"The video quality will degrade if you compress the file too much."