negligible
Use Negligible in a sentence
lɪ adjective
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
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Negligible
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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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 | |
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Word Origin & History
negligible
"capable of being neglected," 1829, coined in Eng. from negligence (q.v.).
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Example sentences
High fixed costs and negligible variable costs give these industries vast potential economies of scale.
Parallax is ridiculously negligible for pretty much anything extra-solar.
One or two or even half a dozen mistakes of this sort would be negligible, but the large number herein become a vexation.
However, the risk of catastrophic failure contaminating my neighborhood is negligible.
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