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negligible - 4 dictionary results

neg⋅li⋅gi⋅ble

[neg-li-juh-buhl]
–adjective
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.

Origin:
1820–30; < L neglig(ere) to neglect + -ible


neg⋅li⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, neg⋅li⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
neg⋅li⋅gi⋅bly, adverb
neg·li·gi·ble   (něg'lĭ-jə-bəl)   
adj.  Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling.

[Latin neglegere, negligere, to neglect; see neglect + -ible.]
neg'li·gi·bil'i·ty, neg'li·gi·ble·ness n., neg'li·gi·bly adv.

Negligible

Neg"li*gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]gligible, n['e]gligeable.] That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.

Within very negligible limits of error. --Sir J. Herschel.

negligible 
"capable of being neglected," 1829, coined in Eng. from negligence (q.v.).
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