1
as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it
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2
as in minor
lacking importance
the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored
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as in small
small in degree
there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it
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Recent Examples of negligible
Niki Woodard, a spokesperson for the California Energy Commission, said the El Segundo fire is expected to hit jet-fuel supplies harder than gasoline, with jet-fuel prices jumping about 30 cents Friday and and negligible changes at the pump in the wake of the incident.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Segal bought both soccer clubs in 2021 for roughly $400 million, and the Dash were a negligible part of the transaction financially.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Impacts on air travel have been negligible so far.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Impacts on air travel have been negligible so far.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Segal bought both soccer clubs in 2021 for roughly $400 million, and the Dash were a negligible part of the transaction financially.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Impacts on air travel have been negligible so far.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Impacts on air travel have been negligible so far.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligible
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In addition to the music, train rides will be offered around the park for a nominal fee courtesy of the Poway-Midland Railroad.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kim Yong Nam was not related to Kim Jong Un, but his loyalty to the ruling family enabled him to serve as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly—the country's nominal head of state—from 1998 until April 2019.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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This was a minor bit of incomprehension on my part.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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He is being charged in juvenile court with evidence tampering and unlawful gun possession by a minor.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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Palantir’s revenue figures are still quite small compared to peers of similar market capitalization.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Nobody who has even a slight awareness of how the organization does business expected the Ravens to trade multiple Day 1/2 draft picks for a player.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Boston has the opportunity to shell out a qualifying offer for the veteran hurler, which would be a slight raise worth roughly $22 million.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Wet and dry fronts, prevailing winds, moisture and vapour, meeting, as luck would have it, exactly at the top of that big mountain on the little island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the shutdown has turned most parks into ghost towns, with little to no staffing or access to amenities and facilities.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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On the right side of the room, a steel cut image is projected from the wall with fiberglass rods arranged in an off center trapezoid.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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And then the third Wednesday is an off week.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Boise State football’s season ticked along to the tune of a 6-2 record, a not-insignificant portion of the fan base gave redshirt junior quarterback Maddux Madsen a lot of heat.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Nov. 2025
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The flaws in Down Cemetery Road are not insignificant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Though pain is worsening every day for Americans, the prospects of any major deal getting cut while the leader of the Republican party is across the world are slim.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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That Blake Lively starrer launched to a $24 million opening day and a $50 million debut — against a slim $25 million production budget.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Negligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligible. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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