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Definitions: Negligible |
NegligibleAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "negligible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonyms: NegligibleSynonyms: paltry (adj), trifling (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fraction | Adjective: fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-I/II) occur with low but not negligible frequency among donor populations in the United States. (references) | |
Business | In rural areas, the Han presence is often negligible. (references) | |
This represents an almost negligible percentage of the total market. (references) | ||
Tariff rates on medical equipment imports into Australia are negligible. (references) | ||
Economic History | Poland | Annual growth rate: Negligible. (references) |
Georgia | Georgian investment abroad is negligible. (references) | |
Greece | Greek exports of chipboards are negligible. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | In many cases their ability to participate in decisions affecting their lands, cultural traditions, and allocation of natural resources is negligible. (references) |
Political Economy | Albania | Inflation was negligible during the year. (references) |
NORWAY | Any adverse impact of Norwegian IPR practices on U.S. trade is negligible. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | New Zealand admits samples of negligible value duty free. (references) |
Spain | As a signatory to the International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Matter, Spain admits samples of negligible value duty free. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | Samples of negligible value imported to promote sales are accorded duty-free and tax-free treatment. (references) |
Women | Albania | Some of these groups have been successful in promoting public awareness regarding domestic violence and implementing programs to empower women; however, their ability to lobby the Government and other prominent individuals to institute actual change in government policies and practices remained negligible. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarriage of justice most trees bear only a negligible fruit, or none at all. When naturally fruited, the tree is a beneficient agency of civilization and an important factor in public morals. In the stern West and the sensitive South its fruit (white and black respectively) though not eaten, is agreeable to the public taste and, though not exported, profitable to the general welfare. That the legitimate relation of the tree to justice was no discovery of Judge Lynch (who, indeed, conceded it no primacy over the lamp-post and the bridge-girder) is made plain by the following passage from Morryster, who antedated him by two centuries: While in yt londe I was carried to see ye Ghogo tree, whereof I had hearde moch talk; but sayynge yt I saw naught remarkabyll in it, ye hed manne of ye villayge where it grewe made answer as followeth: "Ye tree is not nowe in fruite, but in his seasonne you shall see dependynge fr. his braunches all soch as have affroynted ye King his Majesty." And I was furder tolde yt ye worde "Ghogo" sygnifyeth in yr tong ye same as "rapscal" in our owne. Trauvells in ye Easte |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | Well, if that's the attitude they take and they have their own party, they won't win, and their impact in the political arena will be negligible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Negligible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Negligible" is used about 488 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 488 | 12,253 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "negligible": goods of negligible value ♦ negligible nuclear risk ♦ negligible quantity ♦ negligible risk. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "negligible": far-from-negligible. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
negligible | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "negligible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i parëndësishëm (dispensable, exiguous, immaterial, inconsequential, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, light, minor, minute, nugatory, one horse, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, small, small time, tenuous, tin, trivial, unessential, unimportant), i papërfillshëm (hole-in-the-wall, inconsiderable, naught, niggling, pettifogging, petty, potty, trifling). (various references) | |
Arabic | متواضع (humble, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, modest, slight, small, trivial, unassuming, unpretentious), تافه (banal, commonplace, contemptible, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, light, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, minute, naught, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unimportant, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), جدير بالإهمال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвършено малък, незначителен (cheap, dinky, fiddling, fractional, frivolous, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inessential, inglorious, insignificant, least, little, mean, minor, minute, niggling, nominal, noteless, nugatory, obscure, one horse, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, pygmy, rabbity, scrubby, slight, small, small time, subfusc, tenuous, third class, tiddly, trifling, trivial, two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, unconsidered, unimportant), нищожен (exiguous, footling, insignificant, miserable, naught, nominal, nugatory, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, pygmy, shabby, trifling, trivial). (various references) | |
Chinese | 微不足" (insignificant). (various references) | |
Czech | nepatrný (derisory, exiguous, imperceptible, insignificant, minor, minute, petty, scant, scanty, slight, slim, small, thin, trifling), zanedbatelný (insignificant), bezvýznamný (inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, meaningless, minor, niggling, null, pointless, poor, small time, trifling). (various references) | |
Danish | varer af ringe værdi (goods of negligible value), ubetydelig risiko (negligible risk), korrosionshastigheden er ubetydelig (the corrosion rates are negligible), faktor der kan ses bort fra (negligible factor, negligible item), da 226 Ra hovedsageligt udsender alfastraaler, er bestraalingen af gonaderne og knoglemarven uvaesentlig (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references) | |
Dutch | verwaarloosbare factor (negligible factor, negligible item), te verwaarlozen factor (negligible factor, negligible item), invoer met een te verwaarlozen waarde (imports of negligible value), goederen met een te verwaarlozen waarde (goods of negligible value), de corrosiesnelheden kunnen worden verwaarloosd (the corrosion rates are negligible). (various references) | |
Farsi | ناچیز (Inconsequential, Inconsiderable, Little, Meager, Nugatory, Pelting, Peppercorn, Piddling, Poor, Runty, Scrimp, Straw, Teeny, Trifle, Trivial, Vain), قابل فراموشی , جزءی (Immaterial, Imperceptible, Inappreciative, Inconsiderable, Inconspicuous, Little, Minuscule, Minute, Nip, Nominal, Paltry, Partial, Peppercorn, Petty, Piddling, Remote, Retail, Rush, Small, Snatch, Trivial, Vain), بی اهمیت (Immaterial, Inconsequential, Inconsiderable, Piddling, Unimportant, Unmeaning, Weeny). (various references) | |
Finnish | mitättömän pieni. (various references) | |
French | négligeable. (various references) | |
German | nebensächlich (immaterial, incidental, irrelevant, minor, negligibly, peripheral), unwesentlich (immaterial, inessential, inessentially, insignificant, irrelevant, marginal, marginally, nonessential, unessential, unimportant), unbedeutend (fractional, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderably, insignificant, minimal, minor, nonsignificant, obscure, of no account, petit, pettily, petty, piddling, trifling, trivial, trivially, unimportant), geringfügig (fractional, insignificant, insubstantial, marginal, marginally, minor, pettily, petty, slight, slightly, trivial). (various references) | |
Greek | ευκαταφρόνητοσ (despicapable), ασήμαντοσ (fiddling, immaterial, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, niggling, nobody, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, piddling, potty, purportless, slight, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant), αμελητέοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פחות ערך (inferior, lesser), אפסי (insignificant, nugatory, null, zeroed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elhanyagolható (unimportant). (various references) | |
Italian | trascurabile (neglectable), insignificante (inexpressive, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, minor, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, potty, slight, trifling, trivial). (various references) | |
Korean | 사소한. (various references) | |
Manx | nagh vel feeu cheet er. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egligiblenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desprezibilidade, desprezível (abject, beggarly, caitiff, contemptible, despicable, ignoble, lily livered, little, mean, paltry, peddling, picayune, pitiable, reptile, scurvy, trashy, unworthy, worthless). (various references) | |
Romanian | neglijabil (negligeable), neînsemnat (cheap, fractional, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, irrelevant, light, little, minor, modest, negligeable, paltry, peddling, petty, piddling, piffling, slender, slight, small, trifling, trivial). (various references) | |
Russian | незначительный (exiguous, imperceptible, importless, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, little, minor, minute, nonsignificant, of no account, of small account, outside, paltry, poky, puny, pygmy, remote, slight, small time, small-time, tenuous, trivial). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | neznatan (inconsiderable, insignificant, little, twopenny-halfpenny, unsubstantial), zanemarljiv (inappreciable). (various references) | |
Spanish | despreciable (abject, contemptible, crummy, despicable, miserable, pitiful, scabby, scornful, twopenny), baladí (banal, nugatory, picayune, trashy, trivial). (various references) | |
Swedish | obetydlig (baubling, dinky, fiddling, footling, fractional, fractionary, frivolous, futile, inappreciable, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, low, lowly, mean, minute, nobody, nugatory, one horse, peddling, picayune, piddling, slight, tenuous, trivial), försumlig (delinquent, neglectful, negligencet, negligent, remiss). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งไม่สำคัญ (nickel-and-dime, niggling, niggly, nominal). (various references) | |
Turkish | ihmal edilebilir, gözardı edilebilir, önemsiz (back burner, derisive, derisory, dinky, empty, fiddling, footling, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, jerkwater, minute, no-account, non essential, nonessential, not healthy, not worth a fig, null, of no account, of no significance, of no worth, one horse, paltry, paper, peanut, peddling, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, poky, potty, quotidian, scrubby, secondary, slight, small, smalltime, trifling, trivial, tuppeny, unessential, unimportant, unsubstantial, worthless, yeasty). (various references) | |
Ukranian | незначний (bare, exiguous, imponderable, inconsiderable, inessential, insignificant, little, minor, minute, niggling, nugacious, off, one horse, outside, petty, poor, potty, puny, pygmy, slender, slight, small, trivial), дрібний (bantam, fractional, hair splitting, little, minute, niggling, picayune, piddling, potty, sectarian, small, small minded, tin-pot). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không đáng kể (inconsiderable, paltry, puerile, trivial, unimportant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Negligible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egligible, neglagible, neglegible, negligable, negligeable, negligeble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "negligible" (pronounced ne"glujubul) |
| 7 | -l u j u b u l | eligible, intelligible, knowledgeable, unintelligible. |
| 6 | -u j u b u l | incorrigible. |
| 5 | -j u b u l | changeable, chargeable, exchangeable, fungible, illegible, ineligible, intangible, interchangeable, manageable, rechargeable, salvageable, tangible, unmanageable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-g-i-i-l-l-n" | |
-2 letters: eligible, gingelli, libeling. | |
-3 letters: belling, bilging, billing, gelling, gilling, gingeli, legible, neglige. | |
-4 letters: biggie, biggin, billie, geeing, gibing, gieing, gillie, leggin, nellie, nielli, niggle. | |
-5 letters: begin, beige, being, belie, belle, bilge, binge, blini, genie, genii, glebe, ingle, leben, libel, liege. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-g-i-i-l-l-n" | |
+5 letters: negligibilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 67 6C 69 67 69 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . --. .-.. .. --. .. -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100111 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e g l i g i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0067 006C 0069 0067 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48717378757375687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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