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paled into insignificance

paled into insignificance is the simple past and past participle of pale into insignificance.

Meaning of pale into insignificance

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.

Questions about paled into insignificance

What is paled into insignificance the simple past and past participle of?
Paled into insignificance is the simple past and past participle of pale into insignificance.

Words near paled into insignificance in the dictionary

  1. paleate
  2. Palecek
  3. Paleceks
  4. paled
  5. paled in comparison
  6. paled into insignificance
  7. paleencephalon
  8. paleethnological
  9. paleethnology
  10. paleface
  11. palefaced

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