adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
minimal/negligible (= very small and not important )
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The change in government had a minimal impact in the rural areas of the country.
negligible/minimal formal (= very small )
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The advertising campaign had a negligible effect on demand.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Also, strikes are responsible for an almost negligible amount of lost time compared with total hours worked by the employed population.
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S., but the risk of being caught is almost negligible .
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Justice in Rio is normally so slow that the effect on law enforcement is almost negligible .
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The new decision also sets an almost negligible threshold of collaboration.
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Advantages of the ancient method of water transportation include a stable water-flow with little vaporisation and energy consumption that is almost negligible .
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It still depends on flow-patterns, even when the air is so thin as to be almost negligible .
■ NOUN
amount
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Also, strikes are responsible for an almost negligible amount of lost time compared with total hours worked by the employed population.
effect
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They claimed the private hospital development would have a negligible effect on residents.
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Other economists say raising the minimum wage would have negligible effects on employment.
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He says impact fees have a negligible effect and are the wrong way to go.
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In the rat cerebral cortex in the absence of calmodulin, calcium has a negligible effect at low concentrations.
impact
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Charity schools had a negligible impact in areas where child employment opportunities were widespread.
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Raising the minimum wage has a negligible impact on unemployment.
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Estimates of the effect of the few Concordes currently in operation are that they have a negligible impact on the ozone layer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each piece of candy contains a negligible amount of fat.
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Economists say raising the minimum wage would have a negligible effect on employment rates.
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Expenses for maintaining the investment fund are negligible - just half a percentage point of profit.
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The chances of a healthy adult contracting the disease are negligible .
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The cost of maintaining the machine is negligible .
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The difference in cost would be negligible .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to Scrooge McDuck theorists, such problems are negligible irritants.
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Also, strikes are responsible for an almost negligible amount of lost time compared with total hours worked by the employed population.
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And Carolan was not negligible as an expert on painting in his own right.
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Nitrogen generation is negligible for both coals over the maturity range investigated.
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Raising the minimum wage has a negligible impact on unemployment.
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The set of services that fits into this category, however, may well be negligible .
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This does not mean that the pace of innovation and of capital formation in the eighteenth-century economy were negligible .