de minimis

adjective

dē-ˈmi-nə-məs How to pronounce de minimis (audio)
Definition of de minimisnext
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 The president initially signed an executive order suspending the de minimis exemption in 2025. — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Infrequent, low-value tickets may qualify as a de minimis benefit. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de minimis
  1. slight
  2. nominal
  3. insignificant
  4. petty
  5. trivial
Adjective
  • Shares slid 2% after the regional bank reported a slight earnings miss in its second-quarter financial report.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • One minor point over that version is that on the Switch, there is a slight pause when spoken audio or video is loaded in.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of slight
Adjective
  • Current bond yields, which tend to track nominal GDP trends, are still reflecting the rise in inflation that occurred during Covid.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • The walls had a nominal utility as fences for the dairy herd that was milked in the great white cow barn, but this was only ever a Gilded Age fantasy of the rustic idyll.
    — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Definition of nominal
Adjective
  • Shop our eight favorite toilet paper holders below and spotlight the no-longer-insignificant design moment.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 July 2026
  • The weight penalty over the coupe is about 198 pounds, which is not insignificant, though the complex folding system can open and close the top in just 14 seconds at up to 30 mph.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 15 July 2026
Definition of insignificant
Adjective
  • Hegseth has already challenged that premise in ways both meaningful and petty, by circumventing the normal promotion process to push out officers far below him or to stall their advancements, and by firing senior officers set for even higher rank.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • But while Argentina was being petty and petulant, Spain was practically perfect in every way.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of petty
Adjective
  • The poet begins to lose faith in his subject—why write about such a trivial matter as Europe descends into war?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
Definition of trivial

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