inappreciable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɪnəˈpɹiːʃəbəl/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English appreciable English inappreciable From in- + appreciable.
Meanings
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Insignificant, undetectable, not able to be noticed.
...genius marks its tract, not by the observation of quantities inappreciable to any but the acutest senses, but by placing Nature in such circumstances, that she is forced to record her minutest variations on so magnified a scale, that an observer, possessing ordinary faculties, shall find them legibly written.
1830, Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England:
Deriveds
Translations (3)
bg незабележим (insignificant, undetectable) · bg незначителен (insignificant, undetectable) · pl błahy (insignificant, undetectable)