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Definition of Inappreciable
1. Adjective. Too small to make a significant difference. "Inappreciable fluctuations in temperature"
Definition of Inappreciable
1. a. Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.
Definition of Inappreciable
1. Adjective. insignificant, undetectable, not able to be noticed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inappreciable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inappreciable
Literary usage of Inappreciable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill (1870)
"... of human happiness, and leaves the species less rich, to an inappreciable
degree, in all that makes life valuable to the individual human being. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"... descent to the earth would be sO slow as to make their gravitating tendency
inappreciable during the short time in which we watch them as they float by. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Nor is it without its weight that the small fee for searches, while inappreciable
when, as now, the search is to be made in scattered parishes, will suffice ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"... descent to the earth would be so slow as to make their gravitating tendency
inappreciable-during the short time in which we watch them as they float by. ..."
5. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"The value of Cape Cod Harbor to our naval and mercantile marine in time of war
is inappreciable. In possession of an enemy it would afford facilities for ..."
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