negligible
31
5.6
- adjective
- /ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəbl/
:
insignificante
- The difference in price between the two models is negligible.
- negligible effect
- negligible amount
- negligible impact
Most peripherals like mice or keyboards use a negligible amount of bandwidth.
- Most peripherals like mice or keyboards use a negligible amount of bandwidth.
- So in his mind, the risk of a leak is negligible.
- Hate crimes are horrific things, but the truth is they are a negligible portion of total crime in this country.
- I'm gonna see, I guess next month what the actual hit was, but I'm, I'm guessing it's negligible really.
- So again, like these steaks maybe like a dollar Max and the twine is basically negligible.
- That can be important for certain subjects, but for climate studies that is negligible.
- There would be no or negligible exponentially small memory.
- They're they're negligible is another good way to put it right.
- No, we're not for like negligible soundness.
Examples
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China's coal exports have never been substantial and make up a negligible fraction of total coal production.
Academic text (1993) -
There are a number of negligible differences between the 1939 account and my observations in 2001.
Academic text (2008) -
I mean, it's negligible at best.
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The additional processing time in this case is negligible, and the record is forced into the system.
Academic text (1991) -
Moreover the risk is negligible.
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Whether these minor differences can be considered negligible depends on the nature of the study.
Academic text (2011) -
Considering the number of options, creating the views required a negligible amount of time (less than two hours).
Academic text (2015) -
It's a tiny, negligible percentage of your lifespan.
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Hence, the rate of formation of these deposits is negligible as compared with their rates of consumption.
Academic text (1992) -
The amount of time required for this task is negligible compared to the overall project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not very important
∞
1.0
Not large in size or amount
∞
1.0
So small it can fit in your hand
600
2.4
Not very important or serious
594
1.2
Small in amount or degree
121
3.9
Not important or serious
104
4.1
Not important or too small to matter
54
1.9
Not worth attention or notice
37
4.4
Very small in size or amount
29
7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
29
6.3
Too small to be useful
22
7.1
Very small and not important, not worth paying attention to
19
7.2
Not important or relevant to a situation
12
8.6
Very small, almost too small to measure
7
6.6
Very small and not important enough to need attention
3
6.8
Too small or not important enough to matter
1
4.3
Very small and easy to miss
1
8.6
Too small or unimportant to matter
1
8.6
Too small or not important to matter
1
6.0
Not important because it may be due to chance or too small to matter
Not important or worth worrying about
Antonyms
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
negligible = neglect (semi-transparent) = neglig + ible
The adjective means 'so small as to be able to be neglected', which is derivable in principle from a stem related to 'neglect' plus '-ible', but the stem form 'neglig-' and the semantic shift make the relation only partially obvious to learners.
Etymology
The word negligible comes from Latin parts ne- 'not' and legere 'to pick or gather', so it originally meant something you 'do not pick up' or ignore. That's why negligible now means so small or unimportant that you do not need to worry about it.