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

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

In most environments across the universe, its influence is negligible.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

He dismissed statements from prosecution witnesses as "assumption layered upon hearsay" and urged the judging panel to give them "negligible evidentiary weight".

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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