ignorable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪɡˈnɔɹəbəl/ UK /ɪɡˈnɔːrəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be disregarded or left unnoticed

The minor flaw was ignorable for everyday use.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be disregarded or... negligibledismissibledisregardabletrivial inconsequential

Opposites

important significant noticeable

Word family

Related forms ignore ignorance ignorant

Etymology

From ignore + -able. Ignore is from Latin ignorare ('not to know'), from in- ('not') + the root of gnoscere ('to know').

ignorare Latin gnoscere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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