negligibleness

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neg·li·gi·ble

(nĕg′lĭ-jə-bəl)

adj.

Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling.

[Latin neglegere, negligere, to neglect; see neglect + -ible.]

neg′li·gi·bil′i·ty, neg′li·gi·ble·ness n.

neg′li·gi·bly adv.

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negligibleness

noun

Contemptible unimportance:

inconsiderableness, negligibility, paltriness, pettiness, smallness, triviality, trivialness.