negligible
adjective
neg·li·gi·ble
ˈne-gli-jə-bəl 
: so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
a negligible error
last year sales were negligible
a negligible risk
a negligible effect
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Negligible comes from the same Latin verb as neglect, so something negligible is literally "neglectable". If an accident results in negligible damage to your car, you should be thankful. If two years of intense focus on testing in the classroom results in a negligible improvement in student test scores, it's probably time to try something new.
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Examples of negligible in a Sentence
A negligible amount of damage was done to the vehicle.
The price difference was negligible.
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
His book value is now negligible, meaning any prospective fee would represent pure profit.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Sales bolster most of the first-week performance, but Mm…Food also registered 5,000 units from streaming activity, with 5.6 million official on-demand U.S. streams for the album’s songs, and a negligible amount of track-downloads.
—Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
For the first few years, the use of AI writing tools on LinkedIn was negligible.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Negligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negligible. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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negligible
adjective
neg·li·gi·ble
ˈneg-li-jə-bəl
: so small or unimportant as to deserve little or no attention
a negligible error
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