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as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it
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2
as in minor
lacking importance
the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored
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3
as in small
small in degree
there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it
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Recent Examples of negligible
Messer believes that it should be valued at the (negligible) price of its eBay clones, though this arguably overlooks how meaningless objects are sometimes transmuted into something more precious by the force of their history.
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Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The results revealed that modern shark teeth contain negligible uranium—less than one part per billion—while fossil teeth show significantly higher concentrations, reaching several hundred parts per million.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Because golden visa transactions represent such a small fraction of overall activity in the European countries that have implemented such initiatives, Daniels thinks their impact on the U.S. housing market would be negligible.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Today, though, studies show the energy savings (including not just lighting but electronics and autos) is negligible.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The results revealed that modern shark teeth contain negligible uranium—less than one part per billion—while fossil teeth show significantly higher concentrations, reaching several hundred parts per million.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Because golden visa transactions represent such a small fraction of overall activity in the European countries that have implemented such initiatives, Daniels thinks their impact on the U.S. housing market would be negligible.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Today, though, studies show the energy savings (including not just lighting but electronics and autos) is negligible.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligible
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According to expert estimates, India needs to spend around $100 billion per year, or 2.8% of current nominal GDP, to achieve net-zero power sector emissions by 2070.—
Radhika Kak, independent researcher at Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, partner at BCG,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Mar. 2025
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Three other family members, two children and one 19-year-old, suffered minor wounds.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Liberals' smallest lead was in a poll conducted by Innovative Research among 1,548 Canadian citizens, which showed the party with a lead of just 2 points, on 36 percent to the Conservatives' 34 percent—a lead within the poll's 3 percent margin of error.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In a display of gallows humor at the sloppiness of the leaders’ theoretically clandestine communication, people online quickly turned those symbols into memes, and renamed their own chats Houthi PC small group.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Like the inclusion of the new music, the omission of the prince storyline shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying even the slightest attention to the controversies plaguing the production of Snow White for the past few years.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here, again, there were slight differences in the responses when broken down by party affiliation.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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One 2019 study from researchers at Florida Gulf Coast University and West Virginia University found little evidence that CDFI funding significantly boosts small business activity.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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And despite the dynamic, positive feedback of the recovery, there is little evidence of fresh dollar inflows at this point.—
Guy Petcho,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Alcaraz, who lives his best life at Indian Wells, playing golf on his off days and pummeling his opponent, chalked up the slow start and the loss to having fallen into the trap of thinking too much about his opponent rather than focusing on himself.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Stewart’s on-field production left a lot to be desired last year, but his motor doesn’t have an off switch.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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His drunk mother-in-law, Nan (Jane Curtin), takes too long to share too much insignificant information.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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No matter how insignificant our individual choices may appear, our choices matter.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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That means with the slim majority in the House, two seats could flip the other direction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Ensure the keep pile isn’t overflowing while your donate pile is slim.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Negligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligible. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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