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diminutive

[dih-min-yuh-tiv] / dɪˈmɪn yə tɪv /


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The diminutive works gathered here show that a poverty of space doesn’t impede an artist’s ability to elicit a big response.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But the diminutive man’s plainspoken demeanor failed to gain traction with California voters — a 1991 Times profile deemed him “the unknown senator.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The diminutive Portugal international, once of Wolves, makes Luis Enrique's European champions tick.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

A diminutive captain cutting an unstalwart figure in his flight suit, walked to the colonel’s desk and saluted.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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