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negligible definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"
2: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry, trifling]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin neglegere, negligere Date: 1829 so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention ; trifling <a negligible error> • negligibility noun • negligibly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not worth considering; insignificant. Phrases and idioms: negligible quantity a person etc. that need not be considered. Derivatives: negligibility n. negligibly adv. Etymology: obs. F f. négliger NEGLECT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Negligible Neg"li*gi*ble, a. [Cf. F. n['e]gligible, n['e]gligeable.] That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration. Within very negligible limits of error. --Sir J. Herschel.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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 a negligible impact. = minimal ? significant ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

back-burner, cursory, depthless, dinky, dispensable, fat, few, footling, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, irrelevant, little, low, meager, miniature, minor, minute, niggling, no great shakes, nonessential, not vital, nugatory, off, outside, paltry, petit, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, shallow, short, skin-deep, slender, slight, slim, small, superficial, technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy, worthless