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inappreciable
adjective
formaluk /ˌɪn.əˈpriː.ʃə.bəl/ us /ˌɪn.əˈpriː.ʃi.ə.bəl/
If an amount or change is inappreciable, it is too small to be noticed or to have an important effect:
Under the circumstances, the progress gained seemed inappreciable.
Although a number of people may seem an inappreciable quantity when it represents just two percent of the local population, it is significant when it represents 100 percent of the population of a street.
The factors that affect any observation are so inappreciable that it is impossible to repeat the experiment exactly.
Any bad effect is at first inappreciable, but it is cumulative.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Extremely small
atomized
be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
bitsy
exiguity
exiguous
imperceptible
infinitesimal
infinitesimally
irreducible
irreducibly
itsy-bitsy
minuscule
slimly
slimness
subatomic
teensy
ultra-tiny
vanishingly
weeny
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inappreciably Oppositeappreciable
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