negligible

negligible
    adj 1: so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect
           was negligible"
    2: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry
       for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling
       matter" [syn: {negligible}, {paltry}, {trifling}]
    

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Within very negligible limits of error.  --Sir J.
                                                  Herschel.
   [1913 Webster]
    

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "negligible":
      back-burner, cursory, depthless, dinky, dispensable, fat, few,
      footling, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential,
      inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, irrelevant,
      little, low, meager, miniature, minor, minute, niggling,
      no great shakes, nonessential, not vital, nugatory, off, outside,
      paltry, petit, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, shallow,
      short, skin-deep, slender, slight, slim, small, superficial,
      technical, tiny, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant,
      unimpressive, unnoteworthy, worthless