as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
offered her guest only one measly cookie
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Recent Examples of measly
Audiences stayed on the ride, giving a film made on a measly $4.5 million budget a substantial $45.4 million worldwide take at the box office.
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EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
And in fairness, these devices have lasted far beyond Google's measly five-year commitment.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The new deck team does an excellent job docking the boat, and at the tip meeting, each crew member banks $1,153 from a measly $15,000 total tip, which the captain assures is not reflective of their good work through the weekend.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
On Rotten Tomatoes, the shows sits at a measly 33% critics score and an even worse 20% audience score.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
And in fairness, these devices have lasted far beyond Google's measly five-year commitment.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The new deck team does an excellent job docking the boat, and at the tip meeting, each crew member banks $1,153 from a measly $15,000 total tip, which the captain assures is not reflective of their good work through the weekend.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
On Rotten Tomatoes, the shows sits at a measly 33% critics score and an even worse 20% audience score.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measly
Adjective
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The main question of contemporary cinema isn’t (pace the nominal avant-garde) whether to tell a story but what story to tell, how to tell it, and, for that matter, what a story is.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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President Donald Trump has enjoyed a slight uptick in favorability, according to a series of mid-May polls compiled by political analyst and statistician Nate Silver.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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However, at some point while walking the red carpet on Saturday, May 17, the two got mixed up in slight blunder when the Twilight star, 39, ended up standing on top of his costar's elegant Dior gown that, according to Vogue, took 250 hours to create.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Every month for the last three, he’s received an infusion of billions of tiny balls of fat, containing instructions to edit genes in his liver cells.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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In the video above, the user added a tiny fairy bridge over her faux water scene.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The players made a paltry sum of money compared to today's mega-millionaire contracts and were angry about the team owner, Charles Comiskey, paying them a pittance.—
Patricio Chile,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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There were a multitude of factors more responsible for the loss than the officiating, including Anthony Edwards’ 0-for-10 start to the game, the Wolves shooting 5 for 29 from 3-point range and scoring a paltry 31 points in the first half.—
Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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