inappreciable
Americanadjective
adjective
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incapable of being appreciated
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imperceptible; negligible
Other Word Forms
- inappreciably adverb
Etymology
Origin of inappreciable
First recorded in 1780–90; in- 3 + appreciable
Vocabulary lists containing inappreciable
Example Sentences
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If they visit ten on a trip, it will be diminished about one-hundredth, and the diminution is inappreciable if they visit fifteen on a trip.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John
How could you give me life, and take from me all the inappreciable things that raise it from the state of conscious death?
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
Distance has inappreciable influence on the transference of thought.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson
In mammals the ilium is directed forward, and even in the Cape ant-eater Orycteropus there is only an inappreciable production of the bone backward behind the acetabulum.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
It was mainly raised by the very greatness and inappreciable nature of his services.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
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