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as in weak
lacking bodily strength
a small lad with a slight build
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as in minor
lacking importance
a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career
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as in little
of a size that is less than average
the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch
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as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
apart from a slight fishy taste, the dish was fine
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as in small
small in degree
only a slight chance of success
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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
refused to respond to their petty slights
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as in to insult
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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as in to isolate
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with
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as in to disdain
to show contempt for
music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste
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as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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Recent Examples of slight
William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The game will take place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, giving Penn State a slight home advantage.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
Thursday night’s news that Manning didn’t get into Canton in his first year eligible, therefore, doesn’t need to be viewed as a slight.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
More than 65 breweries will be present, and while San Diego is slighted — the only local in the lineup is North Park Beer Co. — this is a heavy-hitting group: Russian River, Trillium, Garage Project, Three Floyds, Cellarmaker, Alchemist and the like.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slight
Adjective
This snapshot suggests that China is approaching Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs — on top of the 20% taxes Trump has already imposed — with a slight bit of momentum.
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For decades after the first eight planets were barnstormed, orbited, and landed upon by spacecraft from Earth, Pluto remained the only one of the solar system’s major worlds that never received a visit—a slight that was not rectified until the New Horizons spacecraft flew by it in 2015.
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But don’t slight Southern California’s earlier signature trees.
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However, a weaker dollar, resulting from tariffs and other policies, makes that harder for exporters.—
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However, this same quantum state sensitivity makes these atoms ideal for detecting extremely weak signals.—
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
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The incident, while ultimately only a minor one, did impact the rest of their vacation.—
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Governed by a growth mindset devoted to the logic of disruption, moving fast and breaking things, a flourishing structure of feeling about AI and art history has sprung up on the grounds of very little AI-and-art-history to have feelings about.—
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Yet privacy notices can and do change with little notice.—
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These games will be purchasable standalone on the eShop and presumably at retail, or upgraded to for a nominal fee for existing owners of the game, much like how the PS5 handles its cross-gen upgrades.—
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For adults, the service would be available for a nominal fee.—
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The Liberals' smallest lead was in a poll conducted by Innovative Research among 1,548 Canadian citizens, which showed the party with a lead of just 2 points, on 36 percent to the Conservatives' 34 percent—a lead within the poll's 3 percent margin of error.—
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That is just an example of a show that should be restricted to a certain district, because there's only a very small group of audiences that are interested in that show and its worldview and its content.—
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The dispute stems from last year’s feud wherein Drake and Lamar traded increasingly personal and unverified insults in a series of songs.—
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Tariffs on Canadian exports and repeated insults by President Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state have Canadians pushing back with a term hockey fans may be familiar with.—
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If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.—
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That was a diplomatic answer perhaps designed to avoid offending Trump.—
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Ill passengers and crew were isolated, and medical staff collected stool samples for further analysis.—
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Seniors who are struggling with their health or are isolated after friends pass or move away can find assistance at either center by signing up with PACE, Jurgensen said.—
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“Slight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slight. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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