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More insignificant (7 letter answer)

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PETTIER

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The answer PETTIER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

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Definition

PETTY as an adjective:

1. (junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate) = inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
2. (fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial) = (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
3. (petty, small-minded) = contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"