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US
/ˈnɛɡɫədʒəbəɫ, ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /nˈɛɡlɪdʒəbəl/ ]
[ UK /nˈɛɡlɪdʒəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not worth considering
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
a trifling matter
piffling efforts
piffling efforts -
so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
the effect was negligible
How To Use negligible In A Sentence
- First, from 2004 to the present, steric contributions to sea level rise appear to have been negligible. Anthropogenic Climate Change In Serious Doubt « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
- But up to sixty yards the lateral deflexion from wind is negligible; past this it may amount to three or four feet. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow
- In buying a suit, a difference of ten cents in price is negligible.
- But the threat of a tsunami is almost negligible because the event was not tsunamigenic. Rogue Wave
- Although its influence on the behavior modification procedures relatable to operant formulations has been negligible, Skinner has attempted to define the term.
- Consequently, reducing enzyme activity by much as 50% has a negligible effect on flux through the pathway.
- Mortality in vials containing sucrose solution without ethanol was negligible.
- The difference between the two products is negligible.
- On foreign jaunts their language skills are negligible. Times, Sunday Times
- Evans has a pretty face and a body made for tight T-shirts, but he has negligible acting ability.
