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• s  so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  the effect was negligible
• s  not worth considering

• You can't replace the battery, but its replacement cost will be negligible, especially after that period.
• And yes, Antarctica, with negligible annual rainfall, is considered a desert.
• The stultifying Roman Catholic Church, the corrupt Duplessis government and the negligible artistic community made creative life virtually impossible.

• paltry
• trifling

News & Articles

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• State: No negligence by BSDC in Ham case
  The State of Nebraska argued that it was not negligible in its supervision or medical treatment of a former Beatrice State Developmental Center resident who sued center for more than $800,000 following a series of events that nearly caused him to die in 2009.
  June 11, 2013 - The Beatrice Daily Sun
• UPDATE: Petromanas Says Albania's Juban-1 Well Had "Negligible" Hydrocarbons, to Relinquish Blocks; Shares Up 5%
  Petromanas Energy (PMI), near a year low 9 cents, has given an update on its Albanian activities confirming drilling at its Juban-1 Well in Albania has shown negligible levels of hydrocarbon and
  June 6, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Petromanas Says Albania's Juban-1 Well Had "Negligible" Hydrocarbons, to Relinquish Blocks; Shares Near Yr Lows
  Petromanas Energy (PMI), near a year low 9 cents, has given an update on its Albanian activities confirming drilling at its Juban-1 Well in Albania has shown negligible levels of hydrocarbon and
  June 6, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Bill McCollum in The Associated Press
  The Supreme Court has long held that an exercise of this power is valid, even if it has a regulatory function, even if the revenue purpose is subsidiary, and even if the moneys raised are 'negligible,'wrote a team of government lawyers led by...
• Gordon Brown in International Herald Tribune
  We have restricted the disease to a limited area of this country,Brown said. "The risk of it spreading out of these areas is low, if not negligible."
• Alice Rivlin in Channel News Asia
  Four or five months ago she was ill - she's not ill now. Certain things won't go away. She has a small amount of emphysema in the top of one of her lungs. It's negligible, but it could lead to something a lot more serious. Anything inhaled into her... Amy Winehouse http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGhhSsJeIVr8EAgRbwjPHHfXCx9JA Newstrack India (blog) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/6224&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGqtqL8QaEEjEvDS9IjOxdAUYhYNg Jul 11, 2008 67040 89205 negociate Fiscally conservative Democrats, and I am one, would be more likely to negociate a smaller amount," said Rivlin.