negligibility
lɪ adjective
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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negligible (ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| so small, unimportant, etc, as to be not worth considering; insignificant | |
| negligi'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'negligibleness | |
| —n | |
| 'negligibly | |
| —adv | |
| negligible (ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| so small, unimportant, etc, as to be not worth considering; insignificant | |
| negligi'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'negligibleness | |
| —n | |
| 'negligibly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
negligible
"capable of being neglected," 1829, coined in Eng. from negligence (q.v.).
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