Synonyms for negligible
ˈnɛg lɪ dʒə bəlneg·li·gi·ble

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1. negligibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   neglectable

2. negligibleadjective

   Able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

   We found errors, but their effects were negligible.

   Synonyms:
   neglectable

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1. negligibleadjective

   so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

   "the effect was negligible"

   Synonyms:
   trifling, paltry

   Antonyms:
   maximal, valuable, maximum

2. negligible, paltry, triflingadjective

   not worth considering

   "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

   Synonyms:
   measly, trifling, paltry, miserable

   Antonyms:
   maximum, maximal, valuable

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1. List of paraphrases for "negligible":

   insignificant, inconsiderable, immaterial, trivial, minimal, despicable, marginal, unimportant, trifling, inconsequential, paltry, nonsignificant, significant

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How to use negligible in a sentence?

1. Lakshheish M Patel:

   The rise in share price today is so negligible that even if you buy and sell it then you can't even recover your brokerage charge and end up giving away all from your pocket only. All corporate giants have become more multi billionaire in May month alone with this downfall as share fall only profits them

2. World Health Organization:

   WHO assesses the risk of Ebola spreading from this event negligible, the exposed scientist was immediately put under isolation according to standard operating procedures ... The person is showing no symptoms.

3. Trilby Lundberg:

   The chances are high that there will be small or negligible price rises from here in the national average, assuming no crude oil price spike in the near future.

4. Ross McEwing:

   To have a significant impact on the illegal wildlife trade, there is a need to identify and prosecute the leaders of organized crime syndicates, the kingpins, who are unlikely ever to come into contact with the ivory directly, therefore, it is possible that this technique, whilst increasing the number of prosecutions associated with the illegal ivory trade by identifying individuals involved in the handling of the ivory, might have negligible effect on the volume of the illegal trade: national and international couriers are dispensable and readily replaceable.

5. Alen Kovac:

   A wide centre-left government looks like the baseline scenario, with risks of a new snap election not negligible.