inappreciable
Americanadjective
adjective
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incapable of being appreciated
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imperceptible; negligible
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Etymology
Origin of inappreciable
First recorded in 1780–90; in- 3 + appreciable
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The instant would have been inappreciable to measures of time.
From The Way of the Gods by John Luther Long
The centre C is placed on the surface of the larger terrella, because the smaller terrella shows some variation on account of the length of the axis; inappreciable, however, on the earth.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
Thus after a few vibrations the amplitude becomes inappreciable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
But if the natural changes in the Yellowstone appeared inappreciable, the artificial, the evolutionary changes were very striking.
From Down the Yellowstone by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
Never would she have left this wanderer from court to court, with the chance of conveying to other princes such inappreciable results of the occult sciences.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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