Barely Significant

Phrases

The whole vocabulary: 760 phrases drawn from the three published lists. Every one is listed here whether or not it has found anything, because a phrase nobody uses is a finding too, and an empty row fills itself in when the backfill reaches it.

Search hits always exceed sentences, because Europe PMC's index ignores stopwords: it cannot tell not quite significant from quite significant. Every hit is confirmed against the full text before it appears here, and roughly three quarters do not survive that check.

Found in the literature

419 phrases with at least one verified sentence

PhraseSentencesPapersSearch hits
highly significantgold132,143132,143160,126
did not reach statistical significance111,028111,028130,054
an increasing trendgold63,97263,972107,686
showed a trend53,32353,32365,371
a decreasing trendgold47,18147,18178,848
marginally significantgold26,08326,08336,483
a clear trendgold19,46119,46131,348
may be significant13,09813,09869,431
borderline significantgold11,41011,41014,072
a positive trendgold11,00611,00620,836
a significant trendgold9,7759,77547,878
approached significance8,2388,2389,796
extremely significant7,7887,78814,688
nominally significantgold7,7337,73310,034
borderline significance7,0187,01811,572
failed to reach statistical significancegold6,0366,0366,947
a strong trendgold5,7265,7267,352
quite significantgold5,6965,6966,904
a nonsignificant trendgold5,4075,4077,516
only marginally significantgold5,0775,0775,448
marginal significancegold5,0695,0696,913
an overall trendgold4,8724,87234,210
a negative trendgold4,2024,2029,832
failed to reach significance4,1144,1144,976
a slight trendgold4,0794,0794,917
a trend toward significance3,7303,7305,089
nearly significantgold3,2883,2883,853
a statistical trendgold2,7992,7994,784
may not be significantgold2,7752,775110,901
a trend towards significance2,7612,7613,605
approaching significancegold2,6412,6413,385
of borderline significance2,6252,62511,068
might be significantgold2,4362,4368,962
a notable trendgold2,3812,3813,321
near-significantgold2,3072,3075,465
moderately significantgold2,1792,1792,611
close to significance2,1312,1312,937
almost significantgold1,8591,8592,306
likely to be significantgold1,8251,82519,184
an interesting trendgold1,7841,7842,484
slightly significantgold1,7541,7542,126
practically significantgold1,5591,5591,897
marginally non-significant1,4941,4941,908
a possible trendgold1,4111,4111,921
a weak trendgold1,4051,4051,881
did not achieve significance1,3981,3981,644
weakly significantgold1,3881,3881,784
a favorable trendgold1,3361,3362,253
marginally statistically significantgold1,1111,1111,322
an important trendgold1,0531,0531,736
a numerical trendgold1,0131,0131,817
an obvious trendgold1,0071,0073,200
barely significantgold8768761,127
difference was apparentgold8318313,106
a slightly increasing trendgold8028021,025
a small trendgold723723943
an apparent trendgold7107102,363
did not quite reach statistical significancegold680680750
might not be significantgold67167118,877
possibly significantgold650650794
not quite significantgold6496496,904
a worrying trendgold6436431,047
clearly significant6286281,820
a marginal trendgold627627966
fairly significantgold582582684
trending toward significance581581682
almost significantly556556943
almost insignificantgold530530618
trending towards significancegold516516646
marginally insignificantgold512512586
near significancegold506506894
an observed trendgold50550514,217
markedly significant477477726
of marginal significance4654656,632
marginally nonsignificantgold449449520
borderline non-significant435435642
a definite trendgold428428788
a marked trendgold423423699
partially significantgold418418490
almost reached statistical significancegold379379424
reached borderline significancegold371371408
fell short of significancegold362362438
an encouraging trendgold356356609
did not quite reach significance351351396
tendency towards significance350350409
not quite statistically significant342342443
tendency toward significancegold341341413
at the limit of significancegold3273271,911
nearly statistically significant324324421
almost reached significance322322368
an expected trendgold3203203,421
not yet significantgold31431412,442
more or less significantgold313313389
trend toward significance3053054,828
failed to achieve significance300300334
a near-significant trendgold291291463
considerably significant281281386
just failed to reach significance280280325
an elevated trendgold279279514
an unexpected trendgold276276659
close to being significantgold275275343
not as significantgold2722726,273,765
an evident trendgold269269687
a mild trendgold258258339
modestly significantgold258258308
probably not significantgold2472471,560
a pronounced trendgold2382381,483
a borderline significant trendgold232232304
could be considered significant230230260
close to being statistically significantgold229229264
narrowly missed statistical significance228228276
nearing significancegold226226262
near statistical significance223223308
somewhat significantgold218218298
approached but did not reach significance211211355
mildly significantgold205205269
a suggestive trendgold204204309
just failed to reach statistical significancegold204204232
very close to significance192192228
clearly significantly181181271
hugely significant173173209
close-to-significantgold1721722,316
hardly significantgold166166193
just missed significance166166189
not significantly significantgold1651651,046
tended towards significance153153178
modest significancegold149149181
very close to statistical significance144144159
approaches statistical significancegold142142260
indeterminate significancegold138138164
approached significantgold128128152
incredibly significant126126169
nearly reached significance126126158
fell just short of statistical significancegold126126142
probable significancegold124124163
tended toward significancegold122122139
a tendency toward statistical significancegold117117164
bordered on significance115115171
narrowly missed significancegold113113137
indicative significancegold113113134
slightly non-significant110110181
an unfavorable trendgold105105258
fell just short of significancegold103103120
slight significancegold102102194
close to the level of significancegold9797134
an adverse trendgold9494269
significantly not differentgold929221,921
barely statistically significant9090110
a strong trend toward significancegold9090104
a reliable trendgold8989328
at the threshold of significance838315,992
a trend level of significancegold8383151
quasi-significantgold7979105
at the margin of statistical significancegold7878198
exceedingly significant7777111
did not reach conventional levels of significance777794
on the borderline of significancegold76764,379
a trend approaching significancegold7575127
a slight significancegold6969196
enormously significant686889
suggestive of significance6767244
partial significancegold666679
noticeably significantgold6464103
a marginal trend toward significancegold636378
approximately significantgold616185
extraordinarily significant616175
at the edge of significancegold6060233
definitely significant6060100
failed to attain significance606070
just short of significancegold5858189
near to significance5757695
an established trendgold5757438
a weakly significant differencegold575779
close to the limit of significancegold565662
essentially significantgold555572
reached near significancegold515178
not fully significantgold5050222
borderline level of statistical significancegold505064
a little significantgold49491,442
distinctly significant494973
approached the level of significancegold494965
not clearly significantgold48481,820
marginally significant tendencygold474759
barely missed statistical significancegold454549
closer to significancegold444454
not strictly significantgold4242108
meaningfully significant424274
a statistical trend toward significancegold424251
on the threshold of significancegold404015,647
scarcely significantgold393952
just marginally significantgold393949
completely significantgold383878
barely significantly373767
barely missed significance373744
a minor significancegold3636683
suggestive but not significant35351,082
a near significant trend3434463
near to statistical significancegold343483
closely significantgold343452
at the margin of significancegold3232173
a trend close to significancegold323249
significant at the trend level3131153
just below the significance level303039
approaching borderline significancegold292930
almost not significantgold28283,138
considerably significantly282855
a strong tendency towards statistical significancegold282835
did not quite achieve significancegold282835
a certain trend toward significancegold282832
just barely significant272735
just below the level of significance272731
on the cusp of significancegold262640
approached the borderline of significancegold262634
not entirely significantgold252554
arguably significantgold252533
a considerable trend toward significancegold252530
at the limits of significancegold2424721
possibly not significantgold2323867
not conventionally significantgold2222128
effectively significantgold222274
approaching clinical significancegold222227
on the boundary of significancegold2121190
just failed to be significantgold212130
just failed significancegold212123
just missing significancegold212122
approached conventional levels of significancegold202023
just failing to reach statistical significancegold202020
an associative trendgold191949
approaching but not reaching significancegold191939
slightly missed significance191920
absolutely significant181837
not fully statistically significantgold181832
a slight trend toward significancegold181830
definitely significantly181825
a weak trend toward significancegold181819
on the margin of significancegold1717166
not quite reach the level of significancegold171726
almost achieved significancegold171719
a numerical increasing trendgold171719
just outside significance171719
slightly failed to reach statistical significancegold161617
verged on significance161617
close to achieving significancegold161616
a clear tendency to significancegold151530
borderline significant trendsgold151518
barely not statistically significantgold141432
bordered on significantgold141426
barely insignificantgold141417
very non-significantgold141415
almost significant tendencygold131318
equivocal significancegold131316
a possible trend toward significancegold131315
appeared to be marginally significantgold131315
adequately significant121235
virtually significantgold121219
approached near significancegold121216
a positive trend toward significance121215
just above the level of significance121214
close to borderline significancegold121213
a trend that approached significancegold111133
convincingly significant111123
narrowly non-significant111120
just misses statistical significance111114
approaching marginal significancegold111113
close to the margin of statistical significancegold111111
all but significantgold101046,549
shy of significancegold101048
near-marginal significancegold101018
medium level of significancegold101016
a distinct trend toward significancegold101013
nearly achieved significance101012
quite close to significance101012
a moderate trend toward significancegold101011
approaching borderline statistical significancegold101011
just borderline significantgold101010
significantly borderlinegold9923
does not quite reach significance9917
almost approached significancegold9912
just about significantgold9911
just fails to reach significance9911
verging on significancegold9911
close to the boundary of significancegold9910
narrowly missed the significance levelgold9910
slightly below the level of significancegold9910
not technically significantgold8895
on the brink of significancegold8818
barely failed to reach significance8810
nearly approached significance889
fell slightly short of significancegold888
a trend significance levelgold7735
completely significantly7726
appreciably significant7718
a clear trend toward significance778
approximating significancegold778
a slight tendency toward significancegold778
loosely significantgold778
narrowly missed achieving significancegold778
provisionally significantgold778
fell marginally short of significancegold777
just beyond significancegold777
near-to-significancegold66695
an unexplained trendgold6618
slightly short of significance6617
closely significantly6615
a very slight trend toward significancegold6612
did not quite reach conventional levels of statistical significancegold668
just missed being significant668
just outside the level of significancegold666
relatively close to significancegold666
almost attained significancegold557
barely failed to attain statistical significancegold557
just over the limits of statistical significancegold557
utterly significantgold557
a barely detectable statistically significant differencegold556
a nonsignificant trend toward significancegold556
close to the margin of significancegold556
just barely statistically significantgold556
only just failed to reach significance556
roughly significantgold556
somewhat statistically significantgold556
almost statistically significantgold44393
at the cusp of significancegold4441
only just not significant4441
at the brink of significancegold4418
hint of significancegold4417
nearly reached a significant levelgold447
barely below the level of significancegold445
narrowly escaped significancegold445
approaching an acceptable significance levelgold444
did not quite achieve the threshold for statistical significancegold444
did not quite reach a statistically significant levelgold444
hovered around significancegold444
narrowly failed significancegold444
near nominal significancegold444
at the cutoff for significancegold331,531
approaching, but not reaching, significancegold3339
approaching a level of significancegold3323
a strong tendency toward significance338
only slightly non-significantgold336
extremely close to significancegold335
did not quite attain significance334
perhaps marginally significantgold334
a marked trend toward significance333
a robust trend toward significancegold333
a substantial trend toward significancegold333
bordered on a statistically significant valuegold333
bordered on being significantgold333
bordered on being statistically significantgold333
fell just short of the traditional definition of statistical significancegold333
only just insignificantgold333
remarkably close to significancegold333
statistically close to significancegold333
only slightly significantgold22163
approaching to statistical significancegold2248
significantly non-significantgold2211
felt short of significancegold225
very marginally significant225
did not attain conventional levels of significance224
trend in the direction of significancegold224
a favourable statistical trendgold223
approached but did not quite achieve significancegold223
approaching conventional statistical significancegold223
barely escaped statistical significancegold223
just escaped significancegold223
a clear, strong trendgold222
a mild trend toward significance222
approaching close to significancegold222
approaching formal significancegold222
barely outside the range of significancegold222
bordered on but was not less than the accepted level of significancegold222
did not reach the traditional level of significancegold222
inconclusively significantgold222
just barely insignificantgold222
narrowly missing conventional significancegold222
nearly borderline significancegold222
nearly reaching the level of significancegold222
strong trend toward significancegold1198
not significant but very close1175
not absolutely significant1137
near-borderline significancegold116
uncertain significance level116
approached but fell short of significancegold113
better trends of improvementgold113
an approach towards significancegold112
approaching, although not reaching, significancegold112
close to a marginally significant levelgold112
just outside the conventional levels of significancegold112
leaning towards statistical significancegold112
vaguely significantgold112
absolutely significantly111
approached acceptable levels of statistical significancegold111
approached trend levels of significancegold111
approaching more closely significancegold111
a p value reaching toward significancegold111
closely approaches significance111
closely approaches the brink of significancegold111
convincingly significantly111
did not achieve conventional threshold levels of statistical significancegold111
equivocally significant111
falls just short of standard levels of statistical significancegold111
fell only marginally short of significancegold111
fell somewhat short of significancegold111
just above the arbitrary level of significancegold111
just above the margin of significancegold111
just barely below the level of significancegold111
just barely failed to reach significancegold111
just missed being statistically significantgold111
just outside levels of significancegold111
just outside the bounds of significancegold111
just outside the limits of significancegold111
marginally outside the level of significancegold111
moderately close to significancegold111
narrowly missed overall significancegold111
near limit significancegold111
non-insignificant resultgold111
significant at the 0.2 level of significancegold111
trended close to being significantgold111
very narrowly missed significancegold111
we defined alpha > 0.4 as acceptablegold111

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341 phrases whose hits all failed full-text verification, or that no open-access paper uses

PhraseSentencesPapersSearch hits
not that significantgold006,277,614
not non-significantgold00334,256
not insignificantgold00235,685
not highly significantgold00160,171
trend towardgold00135,661
not very significantgold0040,234
very significant0040,234
uncertain significancegold0020,350
potentially significantgold0015,946
not extremely significantgold0014,689
highly significantly009,580
not especially significantgold008,621
notably significant006,265
significant tendencygold005,686
very significantly004,923
not strongly significantgold004,352
strongly significant004,352
not globally significantgold003,377
marginally significantly003,220
significantly better overallgold002,741
not moderately significantgold002,611
possible significancegold002,505
extremely significantly002,188
quite significantly001,934
slightly not significantgold001,884
significantly significantgold001,062
tended to be significantgold00987
not currently significantgold00966
not remarkably significantgold00909
remarkably significant00909
notably significantly00899
as good as significantgold00854
sufficiently significant00758
nearly significantly00753
not markedly significantgold00726
on the limit to significantgold00646
suggestively significantgold00538
probably significantgold00495
weak significancegold00473
strongly significantly00424
not obviously significantgold00420
on the border of significancegold00404
slightly significantly00368
not very statistically significantgold00340
robustly significant00329
substantially significant00323
not numerically significantgold00320
not formally significantgold00245
in the edge of significancegold00233
on the edge of significancegold00225
partly significantgold00218
profoundly significant00208
moderately significantly00179
tendency toward statistical significancegold00164
not clearly non-significantgold00143
weakly significantly00133
closely not significantgold00131
reasonably significantgold00124
weakly statistically significantgold00118
at the verge of significancegold00113
in the verge of significancegold00113
on the boundaries of significancegold00109
on the verge of significancegold00109
on the verge to significancegold00109
remarkably significantly00101
not reliably significantgold0098
markedly significantly0091
slightly insignificantgold0089
very close to significantgold0087
partially significantly0083
not completely significantgold0078
suggestive of statistical significancegold0078
overwhelmingly significant0072
technically not significantgold0065
somewhat significantly0061
trending towards significantgold0060
closer to significance*gold0054
probably not statistically significantgold0054
not overly significantgold0053
partly significantly0052
almost non-significantgold0048
substantially significantly0039
just shy of significancegold0038
a decreasing trend of significance0037
mildly significantly0035
trend significance levelgold0035
a proximity to significancegold0033
not unequivocally significantgold0033
unequivocally significant0033
fairly significantly0028
significant to some degreegold0027
tentatively significantgold0027
hardly significantly0026
robustly significantly0025
modestly significantly0022
not significant by conventional standardsgold0021
not totally significantgold0021
totally significant0021
not wholly significantgold0020
questionably significantgold0020
tend to significantgold0020
wholly significant0020
not quiet significantgold0019
possibly statistically significantgold0019
very nearly significantgold0019
nearly significant tendencygold0017
noticeably significantly0015
slightly missed statistical significancegold0015
not completely statistically significantgold0014
not exactly significantgold0014
not decisively significantgold0013
very close to the threshold of significancegold0013
at the very edge of significancegold0012
just at the conventional level of significancegold0012
not statistically quite significantgold0012
weakened significancegold0012
suggestive of a significant trendgold0011
weakly non-significantgold0011
slightly above the level of significancegold0010
not very far from significancegold009
perfectly significant009
slightly missed the margin of significancegold009
distinctly significantly008
slight tendency toward significancegold008
trend bordering on statistical significancegold008
almost clinically significantgold007
tended to approach significancegold007
totally significantly007
almost but not quite significantgold006
almost marginally significantgold006
just at the edge of significance006
not far from the level of significancegold006
sufficiently significantly006
a leaning towards significancegold004
exceedingly significantly004
extraordinarily significantly004
leaning towards significancegold004
scarcely significantly004
similar but not nonsignificant trendsgold004
unequivocally significantly004
verging-on-significantgold004
adequately significantly003
almost became significantgold003
incredibly significantly003
not significant by traditional standardsgold003
profoundly significantly003
slightly marginally significantgold003
slightly outside the range of significancegold003
verged on being significantgold003
very slightly significantgold003
a margin at the edge of significancegold002
a slight slide towards significancegold002
enormously significantly002
is just outside the conventional levels of significancegold002
just on the verge of significancegold002
meaningfully significantly002
not significant in the formal statistical sensegold002
only a little short of significancegold002
on the cusp of conventional statistical significancegold002
on the very borderline of significancegold002
on the very fringes of significancegold002
overwhelmingly significantly002
slightly outside the significance levelgold002
slight non-significancegold002
verging on the statistically significantgold002
very close to the established statistical significance level of p=0.05gold002
wholly significantly002
a marginally significant significancegold001
a small trend toward significance001
closely approaches the statistical significancegold001
did not exceed the conventional level of statistical significancegold001
does not reach the conventional significance levelgold001
flirting with conventional levels of significancegold001
just fails to reach conventional levels of statistical significancegold001
just lacked significancegold001
narrowly avoided significancegold001
nearly approaches statistical significancegold001
nearly, but not quite significantgold001
near miss of statistical significancegold001
not absolutely significant but very probably sogold001
not quite borderline significancegold001
not strictly speaking significantgold001
not very definitely significantgold001
only just failed to meet statistical significancegold001
only slightly missed the level of significancegold001
on the borderlines of significancegold001
possibly marginally significantgold001
rather marginal significancegold001
reaching toward significancegold001
reasonably significantly001
significant, or close to significant effectsgold001
slightly exceeded significance levelgold001
slightly missed the level of statistical significancegold001
somewhat marginally significantgold001
somewhat short of significancegold001
suggestive but not quite significantgold001
too far from significancegold001
very closely brushed the limit of statistical significancegold001
very nearly, but not quite, significantgold001
a 97% probability of significancegold000
a distinct trend close to significancegold000
a fairly significant trend000
almost (but not quite) a statistically significant differencegold000
almost significantly nonsignificantgold000
an inverse trend toward significancegold000
a nonsignificant but possible trend towards significancegold000
a persistent trend to significancegold000
appreciably significantly000
approached, but did reach, significancegold000
approached but failed to achieve significance000
approached our criterion of significancegold000
approaches but fails to achieve a customary level of statistical significancegold000
approaches but fails to achieve significance000
approaching conventional significance levelsgold000
approaching independent prognostic significancegold000
approaching marginal levels of significancegold000
approaching our preset significance levelgold000
approaching prognostic significancegold000
approaching the traditional significance levelgold000
a trend in a significant directiongold000
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barely escapes being statistically significant at the 5% risk levelgold000
barely fails to attain statistical significance at conventional levelsgold000
barely fell short of significance000
barely missed the commonly acceptable significance levelgold000
below but verging on the statistical significant levelgold000
borderline conventional significancegold000
borderline significantsgold000
closely approximating significancegold000
close to being nominally significantgold000
did not quite achieve acceptable levels of statistical significancegold000
did not quite achieve the conventional levels of significancegold000
did not quite attain conventional levels of significancegold000
did not reach the usually accepted level of clinical significancegold000
direction heading towards significancegold000
does not appear to be sufficiently significantgold000
does not narrowly reach statistical significancegold000
edging towards significance000
failed to reach significance on this occasiongold000
fairly close to significancegold000
fell barely short of significancegold000
fell narrowly short of significancegold000
fell only short of significancegold000
flirting with significancegold000
heading towards significancegold000
hovered at nearly a significant levelgold000
hovering closer to statistical significancegold000
hovering near significance000
hovers on the brink of significancegold000
hugely significantly000
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inched closer to significancegold000
in the vicinity of significance000
just avoided significance000
just outside accepted levels of significancegold000
just outside the traditional bounds of significancegold000
just outwith the levels of accepted significancegold000
just over two-hundredths shy of significant at the .05 levelgold000
just skirting the boundary of significancegold000
just slightly non-significant000
just tendentially significantgold000
just tottering on the brink of significance000
just tottering on the brink of significance at the 0.05 levelgold000
just very slightly missed the significance levelgold000
leant towards significancegold000
marginally and negatively significantgold000
marginally below the level of significance000
means sharing the same superscript are not significantly significantgold000
missed narrowly statistical significancegold000
narrowly eluded statistical significancegold000
narrowly evaded statistical significancegold000
narrowly missed standard significance levelsgold000
near-certain significancegold000
nearly acceptable level of significancegold000
nearly negatively significantgold000
nearly positively significantgold000
near/possible significancegold000
near-trend significancegold000
nonsignificant but also suggesting a possible trend towards significancegold000
non-significant in the statistical sensegold000
not quite able to reach significance000
not quite marginally significantgold000
not quite within the conventional bounds of statistical significancegold000
not significant by common standardsgold000
not significant in the narrow sense of the wordgold000
not significant in the normally accepted statistical sensegold000
not significantly significant but clinically meaningfulgold000
not significantly significant but..clinically meaningfulgold000
not significantly significant, but clinically meaningfulgold000
not to an extent that was fully statistically significantgold000
not too distant from statistical significance at the 10% levelgold000
not too far from significant at the 10% levelgold000
not too far from statistical significance000
not very definitely significant from the statistical point of viewgold000
only equivocally significantgold000
only just missed significance000
only just missed significance at the 5% levelgold000
only marginally fails to be significant at the 95% levelgold000
only marginally nearly insignificantgold000
only slightly less than significantgold000
only slightly missed the conventional threshold of significancegold000
only slightly missed the significance levelgold000
on the very limits of significancegold000
perceivable statistical significancegold000
perfectly significantly000
perilously close to significance000
probably not experimentally significantgold000
quite close to significance at the 10% levelgold000
rather close to significance000
reached only the border of statistical significancegold000
resembled a significant trend000
resides on the edge of significancegold000
showed some evidence of significance000
significant at the .07 levelgold000
skirting the boundary of significance000
slight evidence of significancegold000
slightly less than needed for significancegold000
slightly missed being of statistical significancegold000
slightly missed the conventional level of significancegold000
slightly outside conventional statistical significancegold000
slightly outside the margins of significancegold000
slightly outside the statistical significance levelgold000
statistically significant just beyond the 0.05 levelgold000
sufficiently close to significancegold000
tailed to insignificancegold000
tantalisingly close to significancegold000
tantalisingly close to significance at the 10% levelgold000
teetering on the brink of significancegold000
tends to approach significancegold000
trend in a significant directiongold000
trending towards possible significancegold000
utterly significantly000
very closely approaches the conventional significance levelgold000
very close to approaching significancegold000
very close to the conventional level of significancegold000
very close to the cut-off for significancegold000
very slightly non-significantgold000
well-nigh significantgold000
within striking distance of significance000
within the margins of statistical significancegold000
worth noting though not significant000