adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/
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adj
Meaning 1
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We found errors, but their effects were negligible.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the effect was negligible
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not worth considering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
piffling efforts
a trifling matter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paltry, trifling
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
নগণ্য
(nogonno)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Catalan:
negligible
— able to be ignored or excluded
Chinese Mandarin:
可忽视的
(kě hūshì de)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Chinese Mandarin:
微不足道
(wēibùzúdào)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Czech:
zanedbatelný
— able to be ignored or excluded
Danish:
ubetydelig
— able to be ignored or excluded
Dutch:
verwaarloosbaar
— able to be ignored or excluded
Esperanto:
neglektinda
— able to be ignored or excluded
Finnish:
merkityksetön
— able to be ignored or excluded
Finnish:
vähäpätöinen
— able to be ignored or excluded
Finnish:
mitätön
— able to be ignored or excluded
Finnish:
yhdentekevä
— able to be ignored or excluded
French:
négligeable
— able to be ignored or excluded
French:
insignifiant
— able to be ignored or excluded
German:
vernachlässigbar
— able to be ignored or excluded
Greek:
αμελητέος
(amelitéos)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Hindi:
तुच्छ
(tucch)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Hungarian:
elhanyagolható
— able to be ignored or excluded
Italian:
insignificante
— able to be ignored or excluded
Italian:
trascurabile
— able to be ignored or excluded
Japanese:
些細
(sasai)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Japanese:
つまらない
(tsumaranai)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Japanese:
取るに足らない
(toru ni taranai)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Macedonian:
занемарлив
(zanemarliv)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Polish:
nieistotny
— able to be ignored or excluded
Portuguese:
insignificante
— able to be ignored or excluded
Portuguese:
negligenciável
— able to be ignored or excluded
Portuguese:
desprezável
— able to be ignored or excluded
Romanian:
neglijabil
— able to be ignored or excluded
Romanian:
neînsemnat
— able to be ignored or excluded
Romanian:
insignifiant
— able to be ignored or excluded
Russian:
пренебрежи́мый
(prenebrežímyj)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Sanskrit:
नगण्य
(nagaṇya)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Serbo-Croatian:
занемарљив
— able to be ignored or excluded
Spanish:
insignificante
— able to be ignored or excluded
Spanish:
desdeñable
— able to be ignored or excluded
Spanish:
negligible
— able to be ignored or excluded
Spanish:
despreciable
— able to be ignored or excluded
Swedish:
försumbar
— able to be ignored or excluded
Thai:
เล็กน้อย
(lék-nɔ́ɔi)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Thai:
ไม่สําคัญ
(mâi-sǎm-kan)
— able to be ignored or excluded
Thai:
ขี้ปะติ๋ว
(kîi-bpà-dtǐu)
— able to be ignored or excluded