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Webster 1913 Edition


Inappreciable

Inˊap-pre′ci-a-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
appreciable
: cf. F.
inappréciable
.]
Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.
Hallam.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inappreciable

INAPPRE'CIABLE

,
Adj.
[in and appreciable, from appreciate.]
1.
Not to be appreciated; that cannot be duly valued.
2.
That cannot be estimated.

Definition 2024


inappreciable

inappreciable

See also: inappréciable

English

Adjective

inappreciable

  1. insignificant, undetectable, not able to be noticed
    • 1830, Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England
      ...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.