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Answer for the clue "Insignificant ", 10 letters:
negligible

Word definitions for negligible in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Negligible \Neg"li*gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]gligible, n['e]gligeable.] That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice. Within very negligible limits of error. --Sir J. Herschel.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES minimal/negligible (= very small and not important ) ▪ The change in government had a minimal impact in the rural areas of the country. negligible/minimal formal (= very small ) ▪ The advertising campaign had a ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"capable of being neglected," 1819, from negligence + -ible . Related: Negligibly ; negligibility .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible" not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: paltry , trifling ]

Usage examples of negligible.

The station lay just beyond, and from the station to Arling Avenue was a negligible step.

In order to make any solution at all possible you have assumed cosine squared theta negligible.

No, there is no moon and the star is so distant that it has negligible effect upon the water.

Brian for treatment just the day before and that he assessed his suicide potential at that time and it was negligible.

It then comes to Bladdery and Purfle at once, tuned to one another at the filed edge of this runcible spoon and the negligible effort it will take to fill their common world with death, that nobody said anything about a fight to the finish, right?

It was not, therefore, remarkable that he should be liable to misconstruction, more especially by those who had nothing in common with him, except that somewhat negligible factor, common humanity.

Each wing will have a negligible amount of carbs, no fiber, and 9 grams of protein.

House, although such income would be negligible in the face of your own riches.

They marched towards La Roche-Derrien, but the real aim of the campaign was not to capture the town, which was of negligible value, but rather to draw Sir Thomas Dagworth and his small army into a pitched battle in which the knights and men- at-arms, mounted on their big armoured horses, would be released to smash their way through the English ranks.

Now, on everyday scales photons act as negligible little probes that bounce off trees, paintings, and people with essentially no effect on the state of motion of these comparatively large material bodies.

In greenhouses this wasp can control the population of Whiteflies to the point where damage is negligible.

There was a negligible pause, during which Duchemin saw the long lashes of the Comtesse de Lorgnes curtain momentarily her disastrous violet eyes: it was a sign of assent.

Dismissing the observed proximate beings as a negligible distraction to be briskly dealt with, that which had sluggishly begun to stir moved on to more consequential activities.

IOO paint-bubbling halitosis, 100 per cent constipation, a negligible increase in weight, and mouth farts.

In other areas, though, that role of cereals was taken over or shared by roots and tubers, which were of negligible importance in the ancient Fertile Crescent and China.