negligible
/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/ adjective
Forms negligeable
- adjective 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.”
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Etymology
From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.
Etymology [Cf. F. négligible, négligeable.]
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