trivial amount
Example Sentences
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“The power generated from these dams is really a trivial amount of power, something on the order of 2% of the electric utility that previously owned the dams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
And sure, an always-on display is going to drain a little more battery than keeping the screen entirely off, but in most phones, it’s a trivial amount.
From The Verge ● Sep. 10, 2022
While a 0.5 percent difference may seem like an insignificant figure, it amounts to 250 jobs – not a trivial amount for an area with about 50,000 workers.
From US News ● Apr. 17, 2015
Science writer and fellow at the Royal Society of Chemistry Jon Emsley says if more than a "trivial" amount of liquid nitrogen is swallowed, the result can be horrendous.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2012
I wasn’t even thinking of money—at least not such a trivial amount as exchanges hands on my allowance day.
From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
