negligible
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
Origin of negligible
1Other words from negligible
- neg·li·gi·bil·i·ty, neg·li·gi·ble·ness, noun
- neg·li·gi·bly, adverb
- non·neg·li·gi·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·neg·li·gi·ble, adjective
- non·neg·li·gi·ble·ness, noun
- non·neg·li·gi·bly, adverb
- qua·si-neg·li·gi·ble, adjective
- qua·si-neg·li·gi·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with negligible
- neglectful, negligible
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How to use negligible in a sentence
The impact of the brand safety boycott on Facebook’s bottom line appears to be negligible, but it’s all relative.
Social Shorts: Snapchat advertiser certifications, YouTube masthead ads go full CPM, more | Ginny Marvin | November 9, 2020 | Search Engine LandIn a separate Supreme Court filing, Luzerne County, which is in eastern Pennsylvania and includes Wilkes-Barre, told the justices that the ballots received after election night were negligible compared with the total vote.
Pa. attorney general says there’s no need for additional intervention by Supreme Court with mail ballots | Reis Thebault, Robert Barnes, Hannah Knowles | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostThe difference was negligible for Shopping campaigns, despite their having a larger share un-attributable queries than text ads, as noted above.
‘Significant’ drop in Google-reported search terms seen across devices and ad formats [Report] | Ginny Marvin | November 6, 2020 | Search Engine LandIn that case, he argues, “stock markets face a period of heightened uncertainty in the near term,” but “medium- to long-term consequences are likely to be negligible,” he believes.
Because the asteroid is so small, its gravity is negligible, which complicates orbital maneuvering by the spacecraft around what is, essentially, a rubble pile.
NASA reaches out and touches an asteroid 320 million kilometers away | Eric Berger | October 21, 2020 | Ars Technica
And the relationship between himself and her, though the evidence was so negligibly slight as yet, he knew had definitely changed.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for negligible
/ (ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəbəl) /
so small, unimportant, etc, as to be not worth considering; insignificant
Derived forms of negligible
- negligibility or negligibleness, noun
- negligibly, adverb
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