negligible

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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

"But it is interesting to note that the more adaptable pinks have proven less popular than we might have assumed, and green and red varieties negligible, highlighting the importance in maintaining cultivated diversity in gardens."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

For hip osteoarthritis, evidence of moderate certainty pointed to negligible improvement.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The investment portfolio is $36.9 billion, with an average yield of 4.2%, a duration of 3.35 years, and an unrealized loss of $626 million, which is negligible.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Discounting a totally negligible incident a couple of years earlier, when he had methodically dragged the entire apartment for a mislaid or “stolen” tennis-racket press.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger