Negligible

//ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl//

"Negligible" in a Sentence (10 examples)

The damage from the flood was negligible.

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits.

The risk is negligible.

Our chances of victory are negligible.

There's a debate about social disparity throughout Japan, but if you look at the world, this level of disparity is negligible.

The biggest problem for lesser known languages is the negligible number of resources or a complete lack thereof.

We found errors, but their effects were negligible.

Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.

Only unrealistic dreamers can suggest that Louis XVI might have accepted defeat and immediately turned himself into a constitutional monarch, even if he had been a less negligible and stupid man than he was, married to a less chicken-brained and irresponsible woman, and prepared to listen to less disastrous advisers.

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