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Negligible

Part of speech: Adjective

Definition: So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering or not likely to have any effect.

Sense 1: Insignificant or trivial in quantity or importance.

Example sentence: The amount of dust in the corner was negligible and did not require immediate cleaning.

Sense 2: Immaterial or irrelevant.

Example sentence: The minor grammatical error in her essay was negligible and did not affect the overall quality of her work.


Part of speech: Noun

Definition: (mathematics) The limit of the ratio of the change in a function to the corresponding change in its independent variable as the latter change approaches zero.

Example sentence: Calculus students learn to calculate the slope of a curve using the concept of a negligible.


Part of speech: Adverb

Definition: In a way that is so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering.

Example sentence: The difference in performance between the two athletes was negligibly small.


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