unsignifying

For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heartwoes, a mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heartwoes,

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heartwoes, a mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction.

Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heart-woes, a mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction.

Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

In the blank, unsignifying land of the West, as yet unscarred by terrorists’ craters, I was not immune to the fears of the age.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

In the blank, unsignifying land of the West, as yet unscarred by terrorists’ craters, I was not immune to the fears of the age.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006