minutest

as in slightest
being the least in amount, number, or size possible a sophisticated instrument designed to pick up the minutest changes in temperature and humidity

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Recent Examples of minutest Despite the most advanced tools of minutest incident reporting, action comes in only when the incident may snowball into a triggerable dimension. Manish Gupta, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Minutest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutest. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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