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negligible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/

Etymology

From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

Meanings

1. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
   • 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. 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
   • We found errors, but their effects were negligible.
   • Only unrealistic dreamers can suggest that Louis XVI might have accepted defeat and immediately turned himself into a constitutional monarch, even if he had been a less negligible and stupid man than he was, married to a less chicken-brained and irresponsible woman, and prepared to listen to less disastrous advisers. 1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 61:

Forms

Antonyms

significant · considerable · unignorable · important · innegligible

Deriveds

negligibly · non-negligible · nonnegligible · negligibleness · negligible set

Relateds

negligent · negligence · neglect

Synonyms

neglectable · trivial · ignorable · slight

Translations (42)

eo neglektinda (able to be ignored or excluded) · ja つまらない (able to be ignored or excluded) · pt desprezável (able to be ignored or excluded) · el αμελητέος (able to be ignored or excluded) · hu elhanyagolható (able to be ignored or excluded) · sh занемарљив (able to be ignored or excluded) · cs zanedbatelný (able to be ignored or excluded) · bn নগণ্য (able to be ignored or excluded) · ja 取るに足らない (able to be ignored or excluded) · ro neglijabil (able to be ignored or excluded) · es negligible (able to be ignored or excluded) · fr insignifiant (able to be ignored or excluded) · fi vähäpätöinen (able to be ignored or excluded) · da ubetydelig (able to be ignored or excluded) · ru пренебрежи́мый (able to be ignored or excluded) · cmn 可忽视的 (able to be ignored or excluded) · fi yhdentekevä (able to be ignored or excluded) · fi mitätön (able to be ignored or excluded) · fi merkityksetön (able to be ignored or excluded) · es desdeñable (able to be ignored or excluded) · mk занемарлив (able to be ignored or excluded) · hi तुच्छ (able to be ignored or excluded) · pt negligenciável (able to be ignored or excluded) · nl verwaarloosbaar (able to be ignored or excluded) · ja 些細 (able to be ignored or excluded) · cmn 微不足道 (able to be ignored or excluded) · pt insignificante (able to be ignored or excluded) · sa नगण्य (able to be ignored or excluded) · ro insignifiant (able to be ignored or excluded) · es insignificante (able to be ignored or excluded) · pl nieistotny (able to be ignored or excluded) · ro neînsemnat (able to be ignored or excluded) · it insignificante (able to be ignored or excluded) · sv försumbar (able to be ignored or excluded) · es despreciable (able to be ignored or excluded) · th เล็กน้อย (able to be ignored or excluded) · th ไม่สำคัญ (able to be ignored or excluded) · de vernachlässigbar (able to be ignored or excluded) · it trascurabile (able to be ignored or excluded) · th ขี้ปะติ๋ว (able to be ignored or excluded) · ca negligible (able to be ignored or excluded) · fr négligeable (able to be ignored or excluded)