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Definitions for negligible
ˈnɛg lɪ dʒə bəlneg·li·gi·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
negligibleadjective
so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
"the effect was negligible"
negligible, paltry, triflingadjective
not worth considering
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
Wiktionary
negligibleadjective
Able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
We found errors, but their effects were negligible.
ChatGPT
negligible
Negligible typically means something so small, unimportant, or insignificant that it can be ignored or disregarded without any significant impact or consequence.
Webster Dictionary
Negligibleadjective
that may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration
Etymology: [Cf. F. ngligible, ngligeable.]
Wikidata
Negligible
Negligible refers to the quantities so small that they can be ignored when studying the larger effect. Although related to the more mathematical concepts of infinitesimal, the idea of negligibility is particularly useful in practical disciplines like physics, chemistry, mechanical and electronic engineering, computer programming and in everyday decision-making. A quantity can be said to be negligible when it is safe to ignore it in the present case, within the margins for error that have been agreed to be acceptable in this case. Examples of quantities that are often considered negligible are the electrical resistance of a wire, and the mass of the electrons in an atom.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of negligible in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of negligible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of negligible in a Sentence
The numbers, when compared to cars, are still negligible.
The risk that there will be some damage or that it would hit someone is pretty small -- not negligible, it could happen -- but the risk that it will hit you is incredibly tiny. And so I would not lose one second of sleep over this on a personal threat basis, there are much bigger things to worry about.
Usually, when a good company is acquired, it is for a significant premium. In our case, it's negligible, if at all.
While glacier meltwater propagates downstream, it mixes with water from other sources such as direct rainfall, wetlands, and groundwater, up to a point where the impact of glacier melting may become negligible.
Probability of GMDC share is NEGLIGIBLE. but falling down is IMMENSE. Investors who purchased it @ Rs.218 in April has got struck now and slowly inch by inch it is dropping down and last month it had touched up to Rs.123. This scrip reminds a very famous Villagers & MONKEY Purchase story prevalent about STOCK MARKET working methodology
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- negligibleCatalan, Valencian
- zanedbatelnýCzech
- ubetydeligDanish
- vernachlässigbarGerman
- αμελητέοςGreek
- neglekteblaEsperanto
- insignificante, despreciableSpanish
- vähäpätöinen, merkityksetön, mitätönFinnish
- négligeableFrench
- elhanyagolhatóHungarian
- sepeleIndonesian
- 取るに足らない, 些細, つまらないJapanese
- verwaarloosbaarDutch
- nieistotnyPolish
- insignificantePortuguese
- пренебрежимыйRussian
- занемарљивSerbo-Croatian
- försumbarSwedish
- Không đáng kểVietnamese
- 可以忽略不计Chinese
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