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negligible

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Sentence 2 After the engineers recalculated the data, they concluded that the risk of structural failure was negligible and approved the bridge for public use.
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Sentence 3 Although the storm was fierce, the damage to the old farmhouse was negligible, amounting to a few loose shingles and a cracked window.
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Sentence 4 Compared with the enormous benefits of the new vaccine, the side effects reported by patients were negligible and did not alarm the researchers.
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