a little thing
absence
aimlessness
cipher
dead letter
deprivation
dud
dummy
emptiness
empty sound
futility
hardly anything
hollow man
inanity
inessential
insignificance
insignificancy
invalidity
jackstraw
lay figure
man of straw
marginal matter
matter of indifference
meaninglessness
mere noise
mere nothing
minor matter
nada
naught
nebbish
negation
negativeness
negativity
nihility
no great matter
nobody
noise
nonbeing
nonentity
nonexistence
nonoccurrence
nonreality
nonsensicality
nonsubsistence
not-being
nothing
nothing in particular
nothing to signify
nothingness
act
enactment
inaptitude
inexpediency
misstatement
outlawry
unwillingness
windbag