Both Uses of
negligible
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Reduce Bloom by cross multiplication of reverses of fortune, from which these supports protected him, and by elimination of all positive values to a negligible negative irrational unreal quantity.†
Chpt 17
- Mendicancy: that of the fraudulent bankrupt with negligible assets paying 1s.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(negligible) so small as to be not worth considering