insignificance

[ in-sig-nif-i-kuh ns ]

/ ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəns /

the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.

Origin of insignificance

First recorded in 1690–1700; insignific(ancy) + -ance

self-in·sig·nif·i·cance, noun

If a Queen did cheat, her crimes fade into insignificance compared to the extensive philandering engaged in by medieval monarchs.

The Sex Life of King Richard III's Randy Great Great Great Grandfather |Tom Sykes |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.

Lincoln Was the Founders’ Heir Apparent |Harvey J. Kaye |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Somehow those emails that had seemed so important last week paled to insignificance today.

Overcast With A Chance Of Rockets |Ehud Zion Waldoks |November 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It seems to us that before this check all other checks pale into insignificance.

The Making of Species |Douglas Dewar

They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII |John Lord
And everything that she had seen up to that moment fell to the insignificance of a background.

Hilda Lessways |Arnold Bennett
Viewed thus, the aldermanic system is lifted from insignificance to rank as a vital question of municipal government.

Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place |Various
Of what use was it that he should fling his insignificance against that kind of wall?

Fortitude |Hugh Walpole