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[ US /ˈnɛɡɫədʒəbəɫ, ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /nˈɛɡlɪd‍ʒəbə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not worth considering
    he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
    a trifling matter
    piffling efforts
    piffling efforts
  2. 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.
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