NEGLIGIBLE in a Sentence
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46 example sentences for NEGLIGIBLE, such as:
1. I was negligent, I admit it.
2. The doctor was sued for medical negligence.
3. The company were guilty of gross negligence.
4. All that I gave was likely to consider as negligible.
5. The difference between the two products is negligible.
2. The doctor was sued for medical negligence.
3. The company were guilty of gross negligence.
4. All that I gave was likely to consider as negligible.
5. The difference between the two products is negligible.
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Meanings and Examples of NEGLIGIBLE
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negligible
a. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
a. not worth considering
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 Madame Kukshin shed her questions one after another with affected negligence, not waiting for an answer; spoilt children talk so to their nurses.
2 With Russians he is more free and easy, gives vent to his spleen, and makes fun of himself and them, but that is done by him with great amiability, negligence, and propriety.
3 So, Count, there never is any negligence in my company, and so my conscience was at ease.
4 "The three last," returned he, with a negligence evidently unaffected, for he could not imagine with what intention the question was put.
5 An error I readily forgive, but wilful negligence or forgetfulness, never.
6 My illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong.
7 She began to set the toilet-stand to rights, grumbling at the negligence of the quadroon, who was in the adjoining room putting the children to bed.
8 Availing himself of their negligence, by a sudden exertion of strength and activity, Gurth shook himself free of their hold, and might have escaped, could he have resolved to leave his master's property behind him.
9 Kitty had been accused of negligence and severely scolded.
10 Let no prince complain of the faults committed by a people under his control; since these must be ascribed either to his negligence, or to his being himself blemished by similar defects.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIX.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIX.
11 "I couldn't help him buzzing," Scarlett shrugged negligently.
12 Rhett Butler lounged in the shadows, his long legs in their elegant boots crossed negligently, his dark face an unreadable blank.
13 "Oh, yes," he said, waving his hand negligently.
14 St. Clare had often thought the same thing himself; but he answered, negligently.
15 Eh," he said, negligently, "this money is not mine.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 All that I gave was likely to consider as negligible.
2 The difference between the two products is negligible.
3 There is a negligible difference in meaning between these two words.
4 Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact.
5 Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
6 The plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence for failing to wear a crash helmet.
7 The company were guilty of gross negligence.
8 Not to have taken action would have laid the department open to charges of negligence.
9 The doctor was sued for medical negligence.
10 The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.
11 As for employment, this negligence is apparent in a variety of aspects, such as qualification and training.
12 If this country has an insatiable need for Mexico's drugs, it's only due to federal negligence in fencing and securing our borders.
13 I was negligent, I admit it.
14 The jury determined that the airline was negligent in training and supervising the crew.
15 The judge said that the teacher had been negligent in allowing the children to swim in dangerous water.