slightness
6.6
A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore
- noun
- /ˈslaɪtnəs/
:
insignificancia
- He brushed off her concerns, dismissing the slightness of the issue.
Examples
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Despite its slightness, the mistake caused much confusion among the team.
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I may have exaggerated the slightness.
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The slightness of the problem made it easy to resolve.
Synonyms
insignificance
vsslightness
7
5.8
A state of not being important or having little effect
is about being of little importance generally rather than only lacking effect
triviality
vsslightness
6
5.4
A small detail that does not matter
is about the wider quality of being of little importance rather than a small detail
unimportance
vsslightness
1
4.6
A situation or thing that is not worth much attention
is about the general quality of being of little importance rather than influence
negligibility
vsslightness
8.6
So small or unimportant that it does not matter
is about being of little importance generally rather than being too small to ignore
puniness
vsslightness
7.0
A state of being small, weak, or not important
is about lacking importance rather than physical smallness or weakness
Antonyms
How Important
Surface Forms
slightness singular
slightnesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Slightness also grew from slight meaning 'small' to describe things that seem unimportant or not worth much. So slightness can mean the quality of being trivial or of little importance.