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Negligible Results Small Neglected Disregarded Local Weather Forecasters

word negligible
definition So small as to be neglected or disregarded.
eg_sentence Local weather forecasters had made it sound like the blizzard of the century, but the amount of snow turned out to be negligible.
explanation Negligible comes from the same Latin verb as neglect, so something negligible is literally “neglectable.” If an accident results in negligible damage to your car, you should be thankful. If two years of intense focus on testing in the classroom results in a negligible improvement in student test scores, it's probably time to try something new
IPA ˈnɛglɪʤəbəl

Tags: mwvb::unit:19, mwvb::unit:19:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki

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