insignificant amount

collocation in English

meaningsofinsignificantandamount

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insignificant
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk
/əˈmaʊnt/us
/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofinsignificantandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was aninsignificantamountof residual blood clot in the open pericardium, but no blood in the pleural cavities.
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Species composition is found to comprise almost entirely food animals with an overwhelming importance of cattle, a minor contribution of small stock and aninsignificantamountof game.
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Affectual solidarity contributed only two per cent and the living arrangement aninsignificantamount.
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It will mean something like £146 million more going to the dairy farmer, so that that is not aninsignificantamount.
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In other words, all this money is being used, with the exception of aninsignificantamount, on sea and rail transport.
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That is not aninsignificantamountof money.
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If we take the average figure, it represents an exceedinglyinsignificantamountto the industry.
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We are, therefore, talking of a potential maximum award of over £11,000, which is far from aninsignificantamount.
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I stressed that £2 billion would be spent on administration—not aninsignificantamount.
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It is not aninsignificantamountof whisky.
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The amount offered is a relativelyinsignificantamountin this country and can in no way compensate for their terrible loss.
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Complaints about this practice are rare, and relate to aninsignificantamountof land.
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That is not aninsignificantamountwhen you think that the average vehicle will only cover six or seven miles to the gallon.
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That is a notinsignificantamountand is something about which we should be concerned.
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That means aninsignificantamountof total global flows.
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That is not aninsignificantamount, and some people suggest that it might be better spent in other ways within the industry.
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We are not talking about aninsignificantamount.
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Some money would come from the licence fee, but obviously that would be aninsignificantamount.
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There will be a small effect in the long term on income-related benefit costs, although this will be a relativelyinsignificantamount.
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These measures raise about three and a half times that figure, so we are not talking about aninsignificantamount.
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