miniscule
miniscule
Definition
min·is·cule (min′i skyo̵̅o̅l′)
adjective
miniscule
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- compare: Its foreign aid budget is miniscule compared to its military budget.
Modifies a noun
- budget: I'm working on a website for a friend's band, and they have a miniscule budget to work with.
- proportion: In a tangent leaping rant of miniscule proportions, did i mention the vet last week?
- amount: For every correct response the monkey is ' rewarded ' with a miniscule amount of diluted apple juice - one fifth of a teaspoon.
- size: The name is derived in part from the tube's miniscule size.
- number: In only a miniscule number of cases did firms request hearings.
- audience: I do not have an answer to this problem, except a parliamentary channel with the miniscule audience.
Modifying Another Word
- so: But there was always something missing, so miniscule, but noticable.
- too: But most researchers think the difference is too miniscule to matter, so if you don't enjoy the spice, don't bother.
- already: Scotland is irrelevant and will continue to be more so as it's already miniscule population diminishes further.
- just: Whilst I still get into double figures for clicks, the money generated per click is just miniscule.
- not: Atoms are found to be spherical but they are not miniscule billiard balls.
Noun used with modifier
- quot: A quot miniscule one life insurance cost uk insurance dollar.
- look: That sort of growth makes UK university expansion look miniscule and it suggests a new policy in China of educating students at home.
Preposition: in
- comparison: The toys are miniscule in comparison with the vast expanse of the runway.
Preposition: by
- comparison: The actual work done by human muscle power is miniscule by comparison.
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