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minim

[min-uhm] / ˈmɪn əm /
NOUN
bit
Synonyms
STRONG
atom butt chip chunk crumb dab dash division dollop dose dot dram driblet drop droplet end excerpt flake fraction fragment grain iota item jot lick mite modicum molecule morsel ounce parcel part particle peanuts pinch portion sample scale scintilla scrap scruple section segment shard share shaving shred slice sliver smidgen snip snippet specimen speck splinter sprinkling stub stump taste tittle trace trickle trifle whit
WEAK
chicken feed moiety niggle ort snatch
Antonyms
STRONG
agreement entirety glob lot total whole

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What they meant was that Meredith Willson, 63, was a missed minim who didn't belong on the council.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dot of the i is of no use when the letter stands alone, but it is an important element of distinctness in words like "minim."

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

At such an hour as this Malone wasted no minim of strength in futile anger.

From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville

Adonaïs appeared shocked at himself, and swallowed a minim of wine to cleanse his vocal apparatus from the stain of so coarse an illustration.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various

He was apparently engaged in making sure that not one minim of this most costly liquor was wasted.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

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