Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Small or trivial details.
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- noun Plural form of
minutia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What I stumbled to convey by employing the word "minutiae" is the fact that we hardcore these days often have our nose pressed up so tight against the glass that we can't see out the window.
Archive 2008-11-01 SVGL 2008
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What I stumbled to convey by employing the word "minutiae" is the fact that we hardcore these days often have our nose pressed up so tight against the glass that we can't see out the window.
Mon Petit Pont Faible, Obscurci Dans Le Brouillard SVGL 2008
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I am afraid that kind of minutiae is not my responsibility, though I admit your name does sound familiar.
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In most academic classes, a lot of dense factual and conceptual information can come at you rapid-fire, and when one is taking 15 – 19 credit hours, I know that I certainly could not have recalled minutiae from a spare outline, even if I had been fully engaged.
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I think a lot of people are, like the 11th circuit, getting caught up in minutiae rather than looking at the big picture.
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The lack of acknowledgment that keeping track of all the mundane minutiae is important.
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The writing I love to read is full of details – about people and places, some might call it minutiae, but for me the details are what make the story and the era come alive.
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By the way, maybe it’s just me, and maybe my understanding of the abortion coverage minutiae is faulty or incomplete, but the Senate bill’s restrictions actually seem more onerous and draconian than the House (Stupak’s) bill’s language.
Matthew Yglesias » Catholic Health Association Head Backs Reform 2010
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Of course, there's only so much one can include ... and furthering the story was probably more important than getting bogged down (excuse the pun) in minutiae.
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School officials say they don't list individual fees on their Web sites out of concern for burying parents in minutiae.
Athletic fees are a large, and sometimes hidden, cost at colleges Daniel de Vise 2010
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