"ignorable" meaning in English

See ignorable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ignorable [comparative], most ignorable [superlative]
Etymology: ignore + -able Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{suffix|en|ignore|able}} ignore + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} ignorable (comparative more ignorable, superlative most ignorable)
  1. Able to be ignored. Translations (that can be ignored): 可忽略的 (kě hūlüè de) (Chinese Mandarin), negeerbare (Dutch), ignorable (French), vernachlässigbar (German), ignorabile (Italian), つまらない (tsumaranai) (Japanese), くだらない (kudaranai) (Japanese), 些細な (sasai na) (Japanese), 무시(無視) 가능(可能)하다 (musi ganeunghada) (Korean), ignorável (Portuguese), ignorable (Spanish), yok sayılabilir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ignorable-en-adj-LXL233U6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 55 14 13 18 Disambiguation of 'that can be ignored': 54 37 10
  2. Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored. Synonyms: negligible, neglectable, trivial, insignificant
    Sense id: en-ignorable-en-adj-hkfqUqgw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 25 26
  3. (statistics, of missing data) Unrelated to the parameters being estimated Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-ignorable-en-adj-cCUSKXIY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 25 26 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Noun

Forms: ignorables [plural]
Etymology: ignore + -able Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{suffix|en|ignore|able}} ignore + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} ignorable (plural ignorables)
  1. Anything that can be ignored. Related terms: imputation, missingness, nonresponse
    Sense id: en-ignorable-en-noun-GKxP1rNl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 25 26

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