Meanings
- Insignificant, undetectable, not able to be noticed.
1 more example
...genius marks its tract, not by the observation of quantities inappreciable to any but the acutest senses, but by placing Nature in such circumstances, that she is forced to record her minutest variations on so magnified a scale, that an observer, possessing ordinary faculties, shall find them legibly written.
1830, Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetoo small to make a significant difference
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishappreciable
- Englishinappreciable
From in- + appreciable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian незначителен, незабележим
- незначителен (neznačitelen)insignificant, undetectable
- незабележим (nezabeležim)insignificant, undetectable
Polish błahy
- błahyinsignificant, undetectable
Cite this entry
inappreciable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappreciable
“inappreciable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappreciable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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