de minimis
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adjective \dē-ˈmi-nə-məs, dā-ˈmē-ni-mis\Definition of DE MINIMIS
: lacking significance or importance : so minor as to merit disregard <de minimis fringe benefits>
Examples of DE MINIMIS
- <stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis>
Origin of DE MINIMIS
New Latin, concerning trifles
First Known Use: 1948
Related to DE MINIMIS
- Synonyms
- chicken, negligible, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial
- Antonyms
- big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant
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