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1negligible — UK US /ˈneglɪdʒəbl/ adjective ► too small in amount or degree to be of importance: »The interest received from these accounts is negligible. negligible effect/impact »The rise in the minimum wage will have a negligible effect on jobs. negligible… …
2Negligible — Neg li*gi*ble, a. [Cf. F. n[ e]gligible, n[ e]gligeable.] That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice. [1913 Webster] Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel.… …
3negligible — I adjective beneath notice, dispensable, expendable, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, irrelevant, levis, light, little, meager, minor, minute, moderate, modest, nominal,… …
4negligible — (adj.) capable of being neglected, 1819, from NEGLIGENCE (Cf. negligence) + IBLE (Cf. ible). Related: Negligibly; negligibility …
5negligible — is spelt ible, not negligeable …
6negligible — [adj] insignificant imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant; concepts 552,575,789 Ant. important, major, significant …
7negligible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering. DERIVATIVES negligibly adverb. ORIGIN obsolete French, from négliger to neglect …
8negligible — [neg′lə jə bəl] adj. [< L negligere (see NEGLECT) + IBLE] that can be neglected or disregarded because small, unimportant, etc.; trifling negligibility n. negligibly adv …
9Negligible — Not to be confused with the Negligible function. Negligible refers to the quantities so small that they can be ignored (neglected) when studying the larger effect. Although related to the more mathematical concepts of infinitesimal, the idea of… …
10negligible — [[t]ne̱glɪʤɪb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED An amount or effect that is negligible is so small that it is not worth considering or worrying about. The pay that the soldiers received was negligible... Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have… …