Minutia

/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

Synonyms for "minutia" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

article aspect case count crumb datum dot drop droplet

Noun(2 words)

detail details

Strong matches (15)

element facet fact factor flyspeck gnat grain incidental instance iota item jot matter

Noun(2 words)

fine pointsfingerprint detail

Related words (26)

Noun(6 words)

micro-detail particular particularsridge detailridge featurespecification

microbe microorganism midge minim minutiae mite mote particle pinhead pinpoint point refinement regard respect scrap snip snippet speck thing tittle

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

9 entries

aspectsbiometric featuredetail factfingerprint featureinformation item point quality

More specific

7 entries

bifurcationfine pointminor detailridge endingshort ridgespecific itemtrivial point

Collocations

6 entries

catalog minutiaeminor minutiaminutiae of daily lifepetty minutiareview minutiaetrivial minutiae

Inflections

1 entries

minutiae

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.

Source: wiktionary

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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