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# negligible

«negligible» in Mova's school dictionary: **not worth thinking about: a negligible amount** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) So small or unimportant that it is not worth thinking about: a negligible amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#m1)

2) (maths, science) Small enough to be ignored in a calculation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, «negligible» lets us ignore something tiny, such as air resistance on a small ball or a very small cost. In everyday life: «the difference is negligible». Formal word, common in exams. Phrases: negligible amount, negligible effect, negligible risk.

### examples

- The extra cost was negligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x1)
- Air resistance is negligible for this experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x2)
- The difference between the two answers is negligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x3)
- The risk of a shark attack at that beach is negligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x4)
- The damage to the car was negligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x5)
- The weight of the paper clip is negligible compared with the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x6)
- The new rule had a negligible effect on lateness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/#x7)

### note

Formal; casual talk: «tiny», «hardly any». In maths problems, a negligible quantity is treated as zero. Spelling: -ible, not -able. Do not confuse with «negligent» (careless).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «negligible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.