slight error
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslightanderror
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slight
adjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofslightanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofslight error
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We have seen that even aslighterrorhas a great impact on nomination strategies.
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A small delay is present in the x position response, combined withslighterrorin the magnitude of the response.
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I suspected that someslighterrorlurked in the wording.
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There are 200 different ways of estimating ethyl-alcohol (and ethyl-alcohol is ordinary alcohol) each of which has its own, individualslighterror.
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I think he has made aslighterrorin referring to this being applicable to small hotels and boarding houses.
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Some junior member of the staff made aslighterror, and it might have resulted in a duplicate payment.
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Therefore, although it may sound a harsh doctrine, one cannot go absolutely by statistics, which are also capable ofslighterrorand manipulation.
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There was aslighterror; somebody had forgotten those noughts.
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I think that he has made aslighterrorthere.
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Of course, when one is in the middle one can very easily do something costly through aslighterrorof judgment.
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There was aslighterrorin the press release.
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I think that is how thisslighterrorin wording arose in this instance.
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Oneslighterrorwhich my noble friend fell into was this.
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I believe that it is properly drawn save for oneslighterror.
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I suggest that aslighterrormay have been made, because it seemed more like a cough.
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I made aslighterrorin my previous reply.
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The important issue is the substantive motion, but we have spent half an hour discussing time, which is aslighterrorof judgment.
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I made aslighterrorin the last sentence.
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There may have been aslighterrorof emphasis in his closing remarks.
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