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View synonyms for negligible

negligible

[ neg-li-juh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded:

    The extra expenses were negligible.



negligible

/ ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəbəl /

adjective

  1. so small, unimportant, etc, as to be not worth considering; insignificant


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Derived Forms

  • ˈnegligibly, adverb
  • ˌnegligiˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • negli·gi·bili·ty negli·gi·ble·ness noun
  • negli·gi·bly adverb
  • nonneg·li·gi·bili·ty noun
  • non·negli·gi·ble adjective
  • non·negli·gi·ble·ness noun
  • non·negli·gi·bly adverb
  • quasi-negli·gi·ble adjective
  • quasi-negli·gi·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of negligible1

1820–30; < Latin neglig ( ere ) to neglect + -ible

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Example Sentences

The fact that we are seeing negligible flu seasons in other countries, which count their flu cases differently than we do, is part of the reason why.

They pill a little bit on the inner waistband, but it’s pretty negligible, and the fleece itself is almost ridiculously plush and warm.

Overall, retailers think that the percentage of consumers who do this purposefully is negligible.

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Overall, that would still just mean budget getting reallocated so the overall impact would be negligible.

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The other nine states either use negligible amounts to compensate victims or do not specify whether any money goes to victims.

But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.

Never mind that the effects of correction are bound to be negligible or, worse, counterproductive.

The results showed that while THC and alcohol combined impaired driving, THC had only a negligible effect on driving.

While originating from cannabis sativa, like pot, it contains only a negligible amount of THC (the psychedelic chemical in weed).

Drake says the company led him to believe any expenses would be negligible.

That Bierce could not paint the large canvas does not make him negligible or even inconsiderable.

The other man was negligible—a bovine lump of flesh without personality—born to hew wood and draw water for men of enterprise.

Not from the glycerin, surely, for even granting that glycerin has food value the amount present is so small as to be negligible.

Consider a certain star, and suppose for the moment that its size is negligible.

The passing foreign population, though there was a certain number of English attracted by cheap living, was almost negligible.

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