ignorable

== English == === Etymology === From ignore +‎ -able. === Adjective === ignorable (comparative more ignorable, superlative most ignorable) Able to be ignored. Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored. Synonyms: negligible, neglectable, trivial, insignificant Antonyms: unignorable, noticeable, important, radical, significant (statistics, of missing data) Unrelated to the parameters being estimated Antonym: informative ==== Usage notes ==== Used especially in statistics, in regards to the conditions under which the fact that a set of observations has missing data items can be ignored in statistical inference. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ignorable (plural ignorables) Anything that can be ignored. === See also === imputation missingness nonresponse