English

Adjective

negligible ‎(comparative more negligible, superlative most negligible)

1. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

   We found errors, but their effects were negligible.

   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:

     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.

Related terms

• neglect
• negligence
• negligent

Synonyms

• ignorable
• neglectable
• slight
• trivial
• See also Wikisaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• considerable
• important
• significant
• innegligible
• unignorable

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