negligible
NEG-lih-juh-buladjMeaning so small or unimportant it can be ignored
Memory hook NEGLECT-able: small enough to NEGLECT. Pip pours one bucket of water into the ocean and checks whether the sea has risen. The difference is negligible: small enough to ignore.
Pouring one cup of water into the ocean has a negligible effect on its level.
In context The repair added a negligible amount to the bill, only a dollar, so the shop owner simply didn’t charge for it.
Similar insignificant, trivial, slight, tiny
Opposite significant, considerable, substantial
From Latin negligere, “to neglect, disregard.”