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as in smallness
the quality or state of being little in size
the littleness of the painting hardly gives any indication of its price—which is a fortune
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as in negligibility
the quality or state of being unimportant
you can hardly imagine the appalling littleness of the stuff that she obsesses over
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But there’s an element of the hotel's smallness that has an environmental benefit that almost no one has talked about.
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The designer said she was inspired by the smallness of the human compared to the universe’s vastness.
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Artist Meredith Reynolds believed Platner’s past paled into insignificance when compared with his opponents.
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Problems shrink into insignificance.
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My matzo balls took twice as long to cook according to her fineness in the video.
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.
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The pettiness of that is stunning.
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But there was also a lot of pettiness by critics whose motivation seemed to be rooted in the desire to prevent Raquel Regalado, the commissioner sponsoring the legislation to open the center, a victory.
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“Littleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littleness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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