Minute
Minute adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life
Slight is a synonym for minute in negligible topic. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead an adjective "Minute", when it comes to topics like unimportant.
Slight
Slight adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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All Crimes Are Equal: Albanion is well known for handing out Fae curses at the most minute perceived slight towards Queen Nutmeg.
- If not for a last-minute vote, they would have gone to the dead students' tiebreaker, which had a slight majority for Kozure, the true culprit.
Source: Roleplay / Doubt Academy -
A slight variation in Star Trek The 25th Anniversary, where the final boss is a copy of the Enterprise but with plasma cannons and two escorts that show up about a minute into the fight.
Source: Mirror Boss
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Slight and Minute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/minute/slight
Minute & Slight. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/minute/slight>.
Slight or Minute. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/minute/slight.
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