negligible
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Synonyms
chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial
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big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant
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While environmental groups pointed to the long-term regulatory impact on methane overall, the oil industry said the direct immediate effect for methane emissions would be negligible. — Cathy Bussewitz, The Denver Post, "EPA moves to revoke rules on oil industry methane leaks," 29 Aug. 2019 While environmental groups pointed to the long-term regulatory impact on methane overall, the oil industry said the direct immediate effect for methane emissions would be negligible. — Washington Post, "EPA moves to revoke rules on oil industry methane leaks," 29 Aug. 2019 While environmental groups pointed to the long-term impact, the oil industry said the direct immediate effect on methane emissions would be negligible. — Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com, "Trump’s EPA proposes loosening Obama-era rules on methane emissions," 29 Aug. 2019 So, the upside is tremendous, and the downside is negligible. — Los Angeles Times, "The Sports Report: Hey, that guy in the Lakers uniform looks familiar," 24 Aug. 2019 Landlines, which have just been partially restored, are of little use as their penetration is negligible. — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, "After three weeks of lockdown, this is what Kashmir looks like," 22 Aug. 2019 The practical impact on the Republican president in a deep blue state he is destined to lose again is negligible. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: More bumps for GOP on road to 2020 election," 18 Aug. 2019 And relative to erosion for other shows, that slippage is negligible. — Steven Zeitchik, chicagotribune.com, "‘America’s Got Talent,’ the television juggernaut no one knows how to stop," 10 Aug. 2019 The performance impact of enabling Circle filtering in my test Orbi RBK50 was negligible. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, "Can Disney’s Circle really deliver a porn-free Internet?," 21 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'negligible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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