inappreciable
Americanadjective
adjective
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incapable of being appreciated
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imperceptible; negligible
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Origin of inappreciable
First recorded in 1780–90; in- 3 + appreciable
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An influence goes abroad, and seems to be propagated through the atmosphere, traversing whole continents, and crossing wide oceans, powerful and deadly in its effects, yet inappreciable by the most delicate mechanical or chemical tests.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
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 must be recollected, that this has been restricted to minute points of inappreciable form.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander
The tail is always so short as to be inappreciable.
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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