Associations to the word «Negligible»

Wiktionary

NEGLIGIBLE, adjective. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
NEGLIGIBLE SET, noun. (mathematics) A set that is small enough that it can be ignored for some purpose.

Dictionary definition

NEGLIGIBLE, adjective. So small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible".
NEGLIGIBLE, adjective. Not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats