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negligible

 
 
/ˈneglɪdʒəbl/ adjective

Definition

too small in amount or degree to be of importance: The interest received from these accounts is negligible.negligible effect/impact The rise in the minimum wage will have a negligible effect on jobs.negligible growth/improvement The economy had begun to crawl out of four years of negligible growth.
(Definition of negligible adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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