negligibly

Examples

• All

• The noise from the construction site was negligibly loud, hardly disturbing anyone.

• Of the 24 countries whose overall economic freedom declined or remained the same during those years (excluding Hong Kong and Singapore), 11 countries saw their aid flows as a percentage of GNP increase or decline negligibly (a less than 10 percent fall).

  Academic text (1998)

• Current production at al-Rusaifa has been reduced to negligibly low levels.

  Academic text (2000)

• About one-third of the pulpwood for paper comes from residues of other wood products, the production of which will be negligibly affected by recycling.

  Academic text (1992)

• Until that time, scientists thought that volcanic eruptions were the only source of stratospheric chlorine and that that source was negligibly small.

  Academic text (1993)

• For off-resonant light, the absorption can be made negligibly small, and the condensate acts as a dispersive medium, bending the light like a glass sphere.

  Academic text (1999)

• Coherent bremsstrahlung occurs for well-defined values of q. The recoil energy Er absorbed by the participating nuclei is negligibly small.

  Academic text (2005)

• Hislop (1984) found that among adult braille readers, one-handed readers read negligibly slower than did two-handed readers.

  Academic text (2009)

• The changes to the schedule were negligibly significant, making no real difference to our plans.

• Her contribution to the project was negligibly small, almost too minor to be noticed.

Synonyms

I

insignificantly

vsnegligibly

1 4.6

In a way that is not important and not easily noticed

expresses such small unimportance that it is not worth considering

I

inconsequentially

vsnegligibly

1 8.2

In a way that is not important and has no effect

means so small or unimportant it need not be considered

I

immaterially

vsnegligibly

8.0

Not important and not likely to change the result

focuses on being so trivial in size or effect as to ignore

U

unimportantly

vsnegligibly

4.9

In a way that does not matter much

refers to being so small or trivial that it can be disregarded

I

insubstantially

vsnegligibly

8.1

In a weak and unimportant way that gives little real support

means the lack of importance is very small and not worth attention

U

unnoticeably

vsnegligibly

6.1

In a way people do not notice

emphasizes tiny importance rather than mere invisibility to observers

T

tinily

vsnegligibly

6.7

In a very small, quiet way that is hard to hear

is about tiny significance rather than only physical smallness

S

slenderly

vsnegligibly

5.8

In a small amount or number

is about being so unimportant that it can be ignored rather than merely meager

Antonyms

I

importantly

507 1.0

In a way that matters a lot

S

significantly

• Specialized

351 3.5

By a large, noticeable amount that makes a difference

C

considerably

144 3.4

By a large amount

How Significant

substantially

129 4.9

noticeably

30 2.8

negligibly

1 5.6

barely

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology