inappreciable

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Similarly, if a flower receives fifteen insect visits, the diminution is about one-twenty-fifth, if insects visit on the average five flowers on a trip; and is inappreciable if they visit ten or fifteen.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

In actual observation so inappreciable is it that its density at the Moon’s surface is variously estimated as 1⁄300th of that of the Earth by Neison, and as 1⁄10000th by W. H. Pickering.

From Are the Planets Inhabited? by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

The tail is always so short as to be inappreciable.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

The time which it takes to transmit a message by the electric telegraph is inappreciable.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles

It must be recollected, that this has been restricted to minute points of inappreciable form.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander