as in minuscule
very small in size
a soft drink with only an infinitesimal amount of caffeine
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Recent Examples of infinitesimal
In a gigantic state budget of $26 billion per year, the expenses are projected to be under the spending cap by only $500,000 — an infinitesimal amount on a percentage basis.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
The mass is given an infinitesimal push, parallel to the rail.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Withdrawing American forces from Syria would do little to change Washington’s overall military posture, as the current deployment to Syria represents an infinitesimal fraction of the United States’ 614,000 active-duty and reserve soldiers and marines.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
No, the expedition hadn’t deployed underwater video, and the chances would have been infinitesimal anyway.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
The mass is given an infinitesimal push, parallel to the rail.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Withdrawing American forces from Syria would do little to change Washington’s overall military posture, as the current deployment to Syria represents an infinitesimal fraction of the United States’ 614,000 active-duty and reserve soldiers and marines.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
No, the expedition hadn’t deployed underwater video, and the chances would have been infinitesimal anyway.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
Adjective
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The sample size is minuscule, but Washe had excellent play-driving metrics in his limited ice time.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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The ratings numbers will be … well, what’s an adjective worse than minuscule?—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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In 1972, the company switched to Smith, naming the shoes in his honor and printing a tiny picture of his mustachioed face on them.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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McCartney, who played a residency at New York’s tiny Bowery Ballroom back in February, has no tour dates presently on his 2025 calendar.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum, is less than the width of a human hair, said Loughborough University researchers.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny skyscrapers — not made of steel or concrete, but of microscopic worms wriggling and writhing into the shape of long, vertical towers.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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