pale into insignificance

English

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.

   Synonym: pale in comparison

References

• “pale into insignificance” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “pale into insignificance”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “pale into insignificance” (US) / “pale into insignificance” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “pale into insignificance”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.