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negligible

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore N words

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering

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The difference between the two methods was negligible in practice.

Synonyms
trivialinsignificantminimal
Antonyms
significantsubstantialconsiderable

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Modern editors have softened many passages that earlier audiences accepted without protest, finding blank what their grandparents had regarded as merely robust and good-humored.

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Negligible (adjective) means so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering
Here is negligible used in an example sentence: "The difference between the two methods was negligible in practice."
Common synonyms for negligible include trivial, insignificant, minimal.
Antonyms of negligible include significant, substantial, considerable.
Negligible is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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