negligible

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US /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/
adj Freq #36745

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

    We found errors, but their effects were negligible.

  2. 2
    adj

    so small as to be meaningless

  3. 3
    adj

    not worth considering

Etymology

From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · able to be neglected,... ignorableneglectableslighttrivial
3 adj · not worth considering paltry
Opposites
considerableimportantinnegligiblesignificantunignorable

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