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paling into insignificance

paling into insignificance is the present participle and gerund 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 paling into insignificance

What is paling into insignificance the present participle and gerund of?
Paling into insignificance is the present participle and gerund of pale into insignificance.

Words near paling into insignificance in the dictionary

  1. Palinesque
  2. paling
  3. paling board
  4. paling boards
  5. paling in comparison
  6. paling into insignificance
  7. Paling Yards
  8. palingeneses
  9. palingenesia
  10. palingenesian
  11. palingenesias

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