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pales into insignificance

pales into insignificance is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pales into insignificance

What is pales into insignificance the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pales into insignificance is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pale into insignificance.

Words near pales into insignificance in the dictionary

  1. Palermitans
  2. Palermo
  3. palermoite
  4. pales
  5. pales in comparison
  6. pales into insignificance
  7. palesie
  8. palesimian
  9. palesimians
  10. Palesman
  11. Palesmen

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