NEGLIGIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negligible mean? 

• NEGLIGIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective NEGLIGIBLE has 2 senses:

1. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

2. not worth considering

  Familiarity information: NEGLIGIBLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGLIGIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So small as to be meaningless; insignificant

Context example:

the effect was negligible

Similar:

minimal; minimum (the least possible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not worth considering

Synonyms:

negligible; paltry; trifling

Context example:

a trifling matter

Similar:

worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)

 Context examples 

This agent is eliminated in an unchanged form via the kidneys; extra-renal elimination is negligible.

(Gadobutrol, NCI Thesaurus)

In the past, many atmospheric scientists believed that pollen particles probably had a negligible effect on climate because they were so big.

(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By measuring the temperature difference between the planet's hot and cold sides, the team found that there is a negligible amount of heat being transferred between the two.

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)

Thus, sweeteners may substitute sugar because they mimic its sweet taste but have a negligible impact on daily energy intake and are frequently sweeter than sucrose.

(Not enough scientific evidence linking noncaloric sweeteners with adverse effects on gut microbiota, University of Granada)

The risk for hypoglycemia is negligible with the use of DPP-4 inhibitors.

(Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Metallothionein 3 contains three zinc and three copper atoms per polypeptide chain and only a negligible amount of cadmium.

(Metallothionein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the magnetic auxiliary field strength created tangentially at a distance of one meter from a straight conductor of infinite length and with negligible cross section by a circulating current of one ampere, or linear electric current density when one ampere electric current is conducted in one meter wide conducting sheet.

(Ampere per Meter, NCI Thesaurus)