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adjective

negligible

CEFR C1

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering

In a sentence

Six example sentences with negligible, each labelled with its topic.

  • At that altitude the drag on the satellite is negligible, so a single nudge keeps it in orbit for years.

    Science

  • The fee looks negligible at four dollars a month until you multiply it across forty years of contributions.

    Finance

  • Switching the office lights saved a negligible amount of power compared with the diesel generators running behind the building.

    Environment

  • The height difference between the two guards is negligible, barely a centimeter, yet one rebounds twice as often.

    Basketball

  • The difference between the two olive oils was negligible in the stew, though it was obvious drizzled on bread.

    Cooking

  • The new compression adds a negligible delay, under a millisecond, which no player on the call could notice.

    Technology

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