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poco interesantes

English translation: of little interest

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Spanish term or phrase:poco interesantes
English translation:of little interest
Entered by: S Ben Price

17:33 Oct 14, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / geological report
Spanish term or phrase: poco interesantes
Las muestras tomadas fueron analizadas y arrojaron valores que se consideran poco interesantes.
lbotto
Local time: 12:48
of little interest
Explanation:
:)
Selected response from:

S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 21:48
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7of little interest
S Ben Price
5 +1insignificant
Ana Andronache
5of little interest/significance/importance
Daniel Coria
5unimportant/irrelevant
Gilberto Diaz Castro
4hardly/scarcely interesting
MariCarmen Pizarro
4negligible
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
of little interest


Explanation:
:)

S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 21:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Coria: Touché!
2 mins
agree  Kate Major Patience: Yep. "are of little interest" would be perfect. :)
5 mins
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
15 mins
agree  LangSolutions: yep
1 hr
agree  liz askew
2 hrs
agree  Enrique Espinosa
2 hrs
agree  Ventnai
15 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
of little interest/significance/importance


Explanation:
Some elements were not singled out for inclusion when considered of little interest. However, their presence in the lists was signified by the code Not On ...
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/spx/rusread/datadesc.html

value associated with the coefficients was considered of little interest since. quite small r values were statistically reliable. More pertinent was the ...
http://www.springerlink.com/index/R3G4331563X21756.pdf

My 2 cents...

Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 80
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
unimportant/irrelevant


Explanation:
the samples were unimportant, meaning to say they were worthless or irrelevant...

Gilberto Diaz Castro
United States
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hardly/scarcely interesting


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
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MariCarmen Pizarro
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
insignificant


Explanation:
dictionary.com

1. unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
2. too small to be important: an insignificant sum.
3. of no consequence, influence, or distinction: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat.
4. without weight of character; contemptible: an insignificant fellow.
5. without meaning; meaningless: insignificant sounds.
–noun
6. a word, thing, or person without significance.

Ana Andronache
Belgium
Native speaker of: Romanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariana Borio
1 hr
  -> thanks :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
negligible


Explanation:
I think this is commonly used in a technical context. Hope it helps you

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 13:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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