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pale into insignificance

pale into insignificance verb: to seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.

Verb

pale into insignificance (third-person singular simple present pales into insignificance, present participle paling into insignificance, simple past and past participle paled into insignificance)

  1. To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.

Synonyms of pale into insignificance

Forms of pale into insignificance

third-person singular presentpales into insignificance
present participlepaling into insignificance
past participlepaled into insignificance
pastpaled into insignificance

Questions about pale into insignificance

What does pale into insignificance mean?
Pale into insignificance means to seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.
What part of speech is pale into insignificance?
Pale into insignificance is a verb.
What is the past tense of pale into insignificance?
The past tense of pale into insignificance is paled into insignificance.

Words near pale into insignificance in the dictionary

  1. pale giant squirrel
  2. pale giant squirrels
  3. pale goldfinch
  4. pale goldfinches
  5. pale in comparison
  6. pale into insignificance
  7. pale juniper webworm
  8. pale juniper webworms
  9. pale maille
  10. pale male
  11. pale males

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