They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
Source: wiktionary
Minutia
//maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə//
Synonyms for "minutia" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- minuciositat noun (minor detail)
- minúcia noun (minor detail)
Danish
1 entries- petitesse noun (minor detail)
Esperanto
1 entries- detaleto noun (minor detail)
Estonian
1 entries- pisidetail noun (minor detail)
Finnish
1 entries- pikkuseikka noun (minor detail)
French
1 entries- petit détail noun (minor detail)
German
4 entries- Detail noun (minor detail)
- Einzelheit noun (minor detail)
- Kleinigkeit noun (minor detail)
- Nebensächlichkeit noun (minor detail)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרטי פרטים noun (minor detail)
Hungarian
1 entries- (apró/aprólékos) részletek noun (minor detail)
Ido
1 entries- detaleto noun (minor detail)
Japanese
1 entries- 枝葉末節 noun (minor detail)
Polish
1 entries- drobiazg noun (minor detail)
Spanish
4 entries- detalle noun (minor detail)
- mezquindad noun (minor detail)
- minucia noun (minor detail)
- pequeñez noun (minor detail)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I think I can ſee the preciſe and diſtinguiſhing marks of national characters more in theſe nonſenſical minutiæ, than in the moſt important matters of ſtate ; where great men of all nations talk and ſtalk ſo much alike, that I would not give ninepence to chuſe amongſt them.
Source: wiktionary
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