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Ford Prefect
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Ford Prefect asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 7 years ago

what's the difference between "insignificant" and "unimportant"?

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  • RockIt
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    insignificant carries the notion of lacking impact, effect, capacity, ability

    unimportant is more an assessment, judgment, or conclusion concerning value or significance

  • Dean Brust
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    In a statistical context, something that is statistically significant may or may not be important. Same for something that is not statistically significant.

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