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1 insignificant
[insiɡ'nifikənt](of little value or importance; not significant: They paid me an insignificant sum of money; an insignificant person.) insignifiant -
2 insignificant
insignificant [‚ɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt]* * *[ˌɪnsɪg'nɪfɪkənt]adjective [cost, difference] négligeable; [person, detail] insignifiant -
3 insignificant
1 ( negligible) [cost, difference] négligeable ;2 ( unimportant) [person, detail] insignifiant. -
4 nobody
1 pronoun(a) (no person, no one) personne;∎ nobody came personne n'est venu;∎ nobody knows better than I do personne ne sait mieux que moi;∎ nobody else personne d'autre;∎ there was nobody there il n'y avait personne;∎ they found nobody ils n'ont trouvé personne;∎ nobody who was there heard anything aucun de ceux ou personne parmi tous ceux qui étaient là n'a entendu quoi que ce soit;∎ who was at the party? - nobody you know qui était à la fête? - personne que tu connais;∎ nobody famous personne de célèbre;∎ nobody is perfect nul ou personne n'est parfait;∎ she's nobody's fool elle n'est pas née d'hier ou de la dernière pluie;∎ familiar like nobody's business vachement bien;∎ familiar to work like nobody's business travailler comme un fou;∎ familiar to run like nobody's business courir ventre à terre;∎ familiar the dogs were barking like nobody's business les chiens aboyaient à vous rompre les tympans(b) (obscure, insignificant)∎ when he was nobody alors qu'il était encore inconnu;∎ as far as they're concerned, if you don't have money, you're nobody pour eux si tu n'as pas d'argent tu es un zéro ou un moins que rien2 noun(insignificant person) zéro m;∎ he's just a nobody c'est un zéro -
5 nonperson
nonperson [‚nɒn'pɜ:sən](a) (stateless person) = personne mise au ban de la société(b) (insignificant person) personne f insignifiante, nullité f;∎ he treats his secretary like a nonperson il se conduit envers sa secrétaire comme si elle n'existait pas -
6 nonperson
['nɒn'pɜːsn]1) pej ( insignificant person) être m falot2) Politicsofficially, he's a nonperson — officiellement, il n'a jamais existé
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7 nonperson
2 Pol officially, he's a nonperson officiellement, il n'a jamais existé. -
8 lightweight
lightweight ['laɪtweɪt]1 noun∎ the world lightweight championship le championnat du monde des poids légers(b) (insignificant person) personne f sans envergure;∎ he's a literary lightweight c'est un écrivain sans envergure(a) (clothes, equipment) légerUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > lightweight
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9 minnow
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10 nonentity
(a) (insignificant person) personne f insignifiante, nullité f;∎ she's a bit of a nonentity elle est plutôt insignifiante(b) (insignificance) inexistence f -
11 dismiss
dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs]a. [+ employee] renvoyer ; [+ official] révoquer ; [+ class] congédier ; [+ assembly] dissoudre ; [+ troops] faire rompre les rangs àb. [+ thought, possibility, suggestion] écarter ; [+ request, appeal, claim] rejeter* * *[dɪs'mɪs]transitive verb1) ( reject) écarter [idea, suggestion]; exclure [possibility]2) ( put out of mind) chasser [thought, worry]3) ( sack) licencier [employee, worker]; renvoyer [servant]; révoquer [civil servant]; démettre [quelqu'un] de ses fonctions [director, official]4) ( end interview with) congédier [person]; ( send out) [teacher] laisser sortir [class]5) Law rejeter [appeal] -
12 dismiss
1 ( reject) écarter [idea, suggestion] ; exclure [possibility] ; to dismiss sth as insignificant écarter qch d'emblée ;2 ( put out of mind) chasser [thought, worry] ;3 ( sack) licencier [employee, worker] (for pour ; for doing pour avoir fait) ; renvoyer [servant] (for pour ; for doing pour avoir fait) ; révoquer [civil servant] (for pour ; for doing pour avoir fait) ; démettre [qn] de ses fonctions [director, official] ; to be dismissed as head of… être démis de ses fonctions de chef de… ;5 Jur rejeter [appeal, claim] ; the charges against him were dismissed les charges qui pesaient contre lui ont été rejetées ; the case was dismissed il y a eu non-lieu ;6 ( in cricket) sortir [team, player]. -
13 dwarf
A n nain/naine m/f.C vtr (make appear small, insignificant) faire paraître [qn/qch] tout petit [person, object etc] ; éclipser [achievement, issue] ; the houses were dwarfed by the tower block les maisons étaient écrasées par la tour.
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non-person — ► NOUN ▪ a person regarded as non existent or insignificant … English terms dictionary
non-person — /nɒn ˈpɜsən/ (say non persuhn) noun an insignificant or unimpressive person …
non-person — n. a person regarded as non existent or insignificant (cf. UNPERSON) … Useful english dictionary
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small — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, strength, or power. 4 not much; trifling (a small token; paid small attention). 5 insignificant; unimportant (a small matter; from small… … Useful english dictionary
in´sig|nif´i|cant|ly — in|sig|nif|i|cant «IHN sihg NIHF uh kuhnt», adjective. 1. having little importance or influence: »The ideas of an insignificant person have no influence. 2. too small to be important; trivial: »an insignificant detail. A tenth of a cent is an… … Useful english dictionary
