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negligible

[neg-li-juh-buhl] / ˈnɛg lɪ dʒə bəl /


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So while driving Indy cars 177 miles in a circle may seem wasteful during a gas crunch, Sunday’s race will have a negligible affect on the price and availability of fuel at service stations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Normally, this one-month difference is negligible, said John Paisie, president of Stratas Advisors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Samsung said the purpose of the pilot is to explore whether ads relevant to home chores can be useful to owners, and that overall pushback has been negligible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Both boards said that Rana had a negligible chance of recovering and living a normal life, and that he required external support for feeding, bladder and bowel movements.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The information content of these pulses is negligible: a succession of simple numerical patterns coded into beeps.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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