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negligible adjective [ ˈnɛɡlɪdʒɪb(ə)l ]

• so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
• "he said that the risks were negligible"
Similar: trivial, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, minor, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning, inconsequential, minimal, small, slight, tiny, minute, inappreciable, imperceptible, infinitesimal, nugatory, petty, token, nominal, paltry, inadequate, insufficient, meagre, derisory, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, minuscule, piddling, piffling, measly, mingy, poxy, nickel-and-dime, exiguous,
Opposite: significant, considerable,
Origin: early 19th century: from obsolete French, from négliger ‘to neglect’.


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