DE MINIMIS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

de minimis

adjective

dē-ˈmi-nə-məs

Definition of de minimis

as in slight

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention investors disappointed by stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis

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Recent Examples of de minimis Minimum guarantees have become de minimis and are no longer guaranteed. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026 The president initially signed an executive order suspending the de minimis exemption in 2025. — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Higher tariffs and the end of the de minimis exemption continue to be a major cost for the company. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026 The de minimis situation adds a layer of consumer-visible pain that is easy to overlook amid the larger legal drama but hard for ordinary Americans to miss at checkout. — Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for de minimis

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Adjective

Sale appeared to have a slight hitch in his leg before starting his motion when he was called for his third career balk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
And earlier this week, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June showed a slight pickup in hiring and quits (an indicator of employee confidence) while layoffs were essentially unchanged.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of slight

Adjective

Prostate biopsies are lucrative for urologists, who can do them in their practice and therefore have an incentive to order them, and so is finding clinically insignificant cancers that can be actively monitored, potentially through further biopsies.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
Another not insignificant part of all of this is the price starting pitchers, even rental starting pitchers, commanded at the deadline.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of insignificant

Adjective

The show finds ways to expose the worst in its characters, their pettiest, most vengeful, greediest parts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Beyond petty crime, the department warned that Belgium remains at risk for terrorist attacks and related activity.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of petty

Adjective

Small entries compound like deposits in an account; one observation is trivial, but a season of them adds up to a complete, specific picture that no year-end memory could match.

— James Glover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Justice John Dixon said Bauer Media had failed to show the claims made about Wilson were substantially true or trivial.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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