1
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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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
His book value is now negligible, meaning any prospective fee would represent pure profit.
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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
Government production in the New Deal was indeed government goods, a bunch of stuff the market had negligible interest in.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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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
Government production in the New Deal was indeed government goods, a bunch of stuff the market had negligible interest in.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligible
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Ever since, however, TCU has started three wings alongside Van Lith and Sedona Prince, once again making the fifth-year senior the nominal point guard.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The object of their largesse was an obscure nonprofit called the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation which, for the better part of two decades, had quietly helped firefighters by raising funds for equipment — often things as nominal as gloves and flashlights — not covered in the city budget.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The three teens, whose identities have not been released due to their minor status, are all being held at Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Fewer than one in three arrestees were charged with any offense, and most of those were for minor infractions like jaywalking, littering, and blocking sidewalks.—
V.N. Trinh / Made by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Bad decisions — the kind that can be, if not reversed, at least remedied — are an essential part of adolescence: lapses that teach us about our desires, our impulses, our weaknesses, our essential character, and leave us with no greater damage than a throbbing hangover or a small, smudgy tattoo.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Despite potential large-scale raids in Chicago and New York City this week, smaller operations took place instead.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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That slight warming trend is expected to continue Friday, when high temperatures reach the upper 30s, with lows in the upper teens.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
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The snow started falling Sunday afternoon, with a slight mix of hail.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The John McDonough creation, which has ignited a slew of copycats since the inaugural fan fest in 1986, is a marketing tool like no other, changing little over the years.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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His production was especially encouraging given how little UCLA has gotten from its two big men, prompting Cronin to play him a season-high 27 minutes.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Often, Jones would bring his daughter to the facility on an off day.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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So on this off day, Powell got a massage in preparation for the grind to come.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The symbolism of having the speech in a space desecrated by a small but not insignificant number of Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, has been lost on nobody.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2025
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But prosecutor Scheller argued that the earlier injury was insignificant.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Null The Best MagSafe Wallets These convenient and slim magnetic wallets stick to the back of your smartphone.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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Chances that everyone who plans to buy a property this year will manage to do so are slim, based on precedent: only 28 percent of Americans who began 2024 intending to buy a home did so, NerdWallet found.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Negligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligible. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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