negligible
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He dismissed statements from prosecution witnesses as "assumption layered upon hearsay" and urged the judging panel to give them "negligible evidentiary weight".
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
For hip osteoarthritis, evidence of moderate certainty pointed to negligible improvement.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
For example, whereas a distorted video or lag had a negligible impact, glitches involving sustained video loss, echoes or brief freezes were substantially more detrimental to the candidate’s likelihood of being hired.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
He said the cost to the council of having "five or six more people in the pool" for each session was negligible.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
This was stretching the truth to breaking point; as far as Harry knew, Ron and Dumbledore had never been alone together, and direct contact between them had been negligible.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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