slighter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slighter
Adjective
  • Mahomes and the Chiefs left just 37 seconds on the clock, insufficient time for the Lions to answer before halftime.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The judge said the evidence presented to the grand jury was insufficient to support the terrorism charge.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Critics say the state has been far too slow to build new housing, leading to high demand and inadequate supply.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Chaffin argued the documents cited by the administration to justify the call-up were inadequate.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Even lesser-scale incidents like the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and the Volkswagen emissions scandal erode trust in the institutions that help make our society possible and push it forward.
    Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.
    Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • New general manager John Spytek took over a deficient roster and believes in building through the draft.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Will his shooting and floater game give enough offensive jolt to add some real spacing around a roster that, even with Kevin Durant, seems notably deficient in terms of spacing?
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Slighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighter. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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