as in tiny
very small in size
for years we lived in a teensy apartment that was the size of the proverbial broom closet
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Recent Examples of teensy
The dead battery that could’ve ruined my entire trip was instead a teensy, minor annoyance.
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Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2022
This is not the case with Pretty in Pink, which made $40 million on a comparatively teensy $9 million budget.
—Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
Hummingbirds are accustomed to feeding at patches of flowers, where each blossom contains just a teensy-tiny amount of life-giving nectar.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
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Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2022
This is not the case with Pretty in Pink, which made $40 million on a comparatively teensy $9 million budget.
—Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
Hummingbirds are accustomed to feeding at patches of flowers, where each blossom contains just a teensy-tiny amount of life-giving nectar.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teensy
Adjective
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Tech has a tiny presence on the Southeast Asia 500, generating just under 3% of the list’s total revenue.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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What started as a tiny general store selling locally made goods and sustainable living products has expanded to include a full-service coffee bar and bakery.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Explanatory panels promise various types of monitoring, but the personal data used for monitoring is minuscule compared with competitors.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Given that there are infinitely many positive integers of all different sizes, however, this number is minuscule compared with even larger primes.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
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“Teensy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teensy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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