Negligible \Neg"li*gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]gligible,
n['e]gligeable.]
That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of
consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of
notice.
[1913 Webster]
Within very negligible limits of error. --Sir J.
Herschel.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
negligible
adj 1: so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect
was negligible"
2: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry
for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a
trifling matter" [syn: paltry, trifling]
WordNet (r) 2.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "negligible":
back-burner, cursory, depthless, dinky, dispensable, fat, few,
footling, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential,
inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, irrelevant,
little, low, meager, miniature, minor, minute, niggling,
no great shakes, nonessential, not vital, nugatory, off, outside,
paltry, petit, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, shallow,
short, skin-deep, slender, slight, slim, small, superficial,
technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant,
unimpressive, unnoteworthy, worthless
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
paltry, trifling
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