Vocabulary
Negligible
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
Urdu meaning
نہ ہونے کے برابر، ناقابل ذکر، معمولی سا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- A non-negligible percentage of working people who started earning income in what is conventionally called the informal economy may have done well enough to access cheap credit and move up the class ladder as a result.
- These sums are negligible comparedto Pakistan`s $410bn economy, but grant donors disproportionate influence.
- But its contribution to tax revenues is negligible.
- Unemployment, illiteracy, poverty, negligible opportunities and crime force people to risk their lives for greener pastures.
- Pakistan will need international support, not least because it is a negligible contributor to the carbon emissions warming the planet.
Synonyms
trivial, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, minor, of no account, of no consequence
Antonyms
significant, considerable
Curator example
“he said that the risks were negligible”
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
