Ignorable

Quick meaning: Ignorable is an adjective meaning Able to be ignored.

Meaning

Able to be ignored.

More Meanings

1. Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.
2. (statistics, of missing data) Unrelated to the parameters being estimated
3. Anything that can be ignored.

Example Sentences

Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.

Another pertinent distinction in Rubin's missing data classification system is whether the missing data mechanism is ignorable.

So long as people like Mr Spearing stop at this point and resort to adjectives instead of numbers, so long will engineers, and probably also decision makers, continue to treat intangibles as ignorables.

If θ and φ are not functionally related to each other (or that the knowledge of one does not provide any information about the other) then the parameters are called “distinct,” and the missing data mechanism is ignorable.

Word Forms

• ignorables

Synonyms for ignorable

Depending on context, synonyms include negligible, neglectable, trivial, insignificant.

Antonyms for ignorable

Common opposites include unignorable, noticeable, important, radical, significant, informative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonresponse, whitespace, disregardable, unignorable, overlookable, nonignorable.

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