Standard Lemma guide

ignorable

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be ignored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: negligible, neglectable, trivial, insignificant

Antonyms: unignorable, noticeable, important, radical, significant

3

adj

Meaning 3

Unrelated to the parameters being estimated

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: informative

4

noun

Meaning 4

Anything that can be ignored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ignorable From ignore + -able.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 可忽略的 (kě hūlüè de) — that can be ignored
  • Dutch: negeerbare — that can be ignored
  • French: ignorable — that can be ignored
  • German: vernachlässigbar — that can be ignored
  • Italian: ignorabile — that can be ignored
  • Japanese: つまらない (tsumaranai) — that can be ignored
  • Japanese: くだらない (kudaranai) — that can be ignored
  • Japanese: 些細な (sasai na) — that can be ignored
  • Korean: 무시(無視) 가능(可能)하다 (musi ganeunghada) — that can be ignored
  • Portuguese: ignorável — that can be ignored
  • Spanish: ignorable — that can be ignored
  • Turkish: yok sayılabilir — that can be ignored
  • Ottoman Turkish: یسیر (yesir) — that can be ignored