inappreciable
Americanadjective
adjective
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incapable of being appreciated
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imperceptible; negligible
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of inappreciable
First recorded in 1780–90; in- 3 + appreciable
Vocabulary lists containing inappreciable
Example Sentences
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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
Thus after a few vibrations the amplitude becomes inappreciable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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
With care inappreciable and invaluable fidelity has the editing throughout been done.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Melloni showed that for a distance of 18 or 20 feet the absorption of obscure rays by the atmosphere was absolutely inappreciable.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
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