negligibility

8.6

So small or unimportant that it does not matter

noun
/ˌnɛɡlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/

: negligibilidad

The negligibility of the error made it easy to overlook during the review process.

Examples

"Old-Fashioned Love Song" is a bland and genial ditty, saved—barely—from complete negligibility by its self-reference.

Academic text (2004)
Thus, I think the relative negligibility of my impact is irrelevant.

Blog text (7)
I think you're painting with too broad a brush on this negligibility point.

Blog text (7)
Scientists often debate the negligibility of climate change effects when compared to immediate local challenges.
Her contribution to the project was considered of such negligibility that it did not affect the overall outcome.

Synonyms

irrelevance

vsnegligibility

10 5.3

Something not related to the main topic

covers the same disregard but also includes tiny or trivial size

insignificance

vsnegligibility

7 5.8

A state of not being important or having little effect

focuses on being so small or unimportant as not worth considering

triviality

vsnegligibility

6 5.4

A small detail that does not matter

stresses being so minor that it need not be considered

worthlessness

vsnegligibility

3 6.3

A feeling that you have no value or importance

focuses more on being so small or trivial it is ignored

smallness

vsnegligibility

1 1.6

The state of being not large in size or amount

stresses that the small amount makes it unimportant to consider

unimportance

vsnegligibility

1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

adds the idea of being too small or trivial to merit attention

tininess

vsnegligibility

1 4.3

The condition of being very small

says extreme small size makes it not worth thinking about

nonsignificance

vsnegligibility

7.7

A state of being unimportant with no real effect

emphasizes being both tiny and not worth further thought

slightness

vsnegligibility

6.6

A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore

adds the sense of extreme smallness or nonworth in practice

immateriality

vsnegligibility

9.7

Not important to the subject or discussion

is similar but highlights tiny scale as reason to ignore it

insubstantiality

vsnegligibility

9.2

A lack of being real, strong, or convincing

is about being negligibly small or unimportant rather than weakly real

puniness

vsnegligibility

7.0

A state of being small, weak, or not important

is closer when smallness makes something not worth considering

minuteness

vsnegligibility

Formal

6.7

The small size of something

adds that the small size also makes it not worth attention

littleness

vsnegligibility

5.9

A state of being small in size

extends that idea to being too minor to deserve notice

diminutiveness

vsnegligibility

9.1

The state of being very small in size

is about that smallness making something unworthy of consideration

sorriness

vsnegligibility

Literature

9.5

A state of being not important or worth little

is similar but specifically stresses being too small to consider

Antonyms

importance

663 1.0

A quality that makes something have great value or effect

significance

194 3.8

How important something is or how much it matters

How Significant

significance

194 3.8

importance

663 1.0

negligibility

8.6

triviality

6 5.4

Surface Forms

negligibility singular

negligibilities plural

Morphology

negligibility = negligible (semi-transparent) = neglig + ible + ity

Forming the noun with the productive suffix '-ity' from the adjective 'negligible' is a standard, easily recognizable derivation for learners who know the adjective.

Etymology

Negligibility comes from the same root as neglect and negligible, from Latin parts neg- 'not' and legere 'to pick up', so it started with the idea of 'not taken up' or 'ignored'. So, negligibility is the quality of being so small or unimportant that you can 'ignore' it.