negligible

Not worth mentioning

Negligible means so small or unimportant as to be safely ignored.

A negligible amount of radiation poses no health risk.

A negligible difference between two options makes the choice inconsequential.

The word implies that something technically exists but doesn't merit consideration: The cost savings were negligible.

insignificant

trivial

Lacking significance or weight

minor · petty · nominal · meager · insubstantial · slight · minuscule · minute · piddling · nugatory

imperceptible

undetectable

Impossible to notice

inaudible · insensible · unobservable · unapparent · subliminal · unseen · unheard · unfelt · intangible · infinitesimal

quantity

minimal

Smallest amount needed

hardly · merest · fractional · token · slightest · modicum · iota · smidgen · pittance · speck

marginal

peripheral

External computer add-on

incidental · ancillary · secondary · subsidiary · collateral · extraneous · outlying · nonessential · supplementary · accessory

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magnitude/significance

negligiblesignificant

Having notable importance

substantial · considerable · important · major · consequential

magnitude/size

negligiblesubstantial

Of notable size or importance

considerable · significant · large · appreciable · sizable

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negligibly, negligibility, non-negligible

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