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English Dictionary: negligible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligible
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): negligible, paltry, trifling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligible \Neg"li*gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. n[82]gligible,
      n[82]gligeable.]
      That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of
      consideration.
  
               Within very negligible limits of error.   --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
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