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little
adjective as in small in size, amount
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Lilliputian, bantam, brief, diminutive, dinky, infant, infinitesimal, junior, light, mini, miniature, minute, peanut, petite, short, snub, toy, wee, young
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babyish, cramped, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, microscopic, not big, not large, short-lived, shrimpy, shriveled, skimpy, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wizened
adjective as in not important
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casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, unimportant
adjective as in narrow-minded
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bigoted, cheap, contemptible, hidebound, illiberal, ineffectual, paltry, self-centered, selfish, small-minded, vulgar, wicked
adverb as in infrequently, not much
Example Sentences
In fact, she seems to think he’s a whiny little worm.
The bar had been raised, with the constant cycle of gems continuing to push it a little bit higher.
But there is little sign such proposals are gaining traction.
"Egbuka's been thrown into the fire a little bit, but everyone at Ohio State said he was a professional wide receiver playing college football," said Miller.
"It was, of course, an opportunity for us to use the most famous and most visited museum in the world to get a little attention for our company," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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