adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

   "We found errors, but their effects were negligible."

Adjective

1. 1
   so small as to be meaningless; insignificant wordnet
2. 2
   not worth considering wordnet

Synonyms

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slighttriflingtrivialback burnerback-burnercursory

Antonyms

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considerableessentialimportantinnegligible

Example

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"The damage from the flood was negligible."

Etymology

From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“I neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

Related phrases

negligible setnon-negligible

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