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161 ser insignificante
v.to be insignificant, to have no importance.* * *= pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequenceEx. Even this pales into insignificance against the magnetic disc drive which can transfer data at 200,000 characters per second, with the discs rotating at 2,400 rpm.Ex. Miss Laski suggests that in many cases what can be learnt from popular romance can be ' stuck on a pin-point'.Ex. Who gets killed is of no consequence but the fact that people are killed is of consequence.* * *= pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequenceEx: Even this pales into insignificance against the magnetic disc drive which can transfer data at 200,000 characters per second, with the discs rotating at 2,400 rpm.
Ex: Miss Laski suggests that in many cases what can be learnt from popular romance can be ' stuck on a pin-point'.Ex: Who gets killed is of no consequence but the fact that people are killed is of consequence.
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