minor dispute

collocation in English

meaningsofminoranddispute

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈspjuːt/us
/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition ofminoranddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminor dispute

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I will not go into the merits of thatminordispute.
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There is aminordisputein my constituency about second-tier councils.
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Does she further agree that it is particularly depressinging that, because of aminordispute, its credibility is now to be thrown into question?
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Will he take all possible steps to explain to the public that the considerations are a great deal wider than aminordisputeabout meal breaks?
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No such prize pack existed, and thus aminordisputebetween the hosts and contest winners occurred.
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There is aminordisputeabout the proper nomenclature rules to use for this unusual star system.
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Her husband left her and the children for over a year because of aminordispute.
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There are a large number of minor disputes like these found in various legal memoranda.
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These notices therefore allow us to presume the conditions in areas where people brought lawsuits based on minor disputes.
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It started from someminordispute.
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Both of these conflicts originated over relatively minor disputes over property or accusations of petty theft.
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The issues are minor disputes about property.
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It has contributed to the settlement of minor disputes, but disputes which might in times past have led to very serious trouble.
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As that time we had minor disputes, such as those with the oil tanker drivers and the lorry drivers.
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I hope that we shall get away from these minor disputes.
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Although it settled many minor disputes, in that it failed, in the whole size of the problem.
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The real cause of this is, of course, minor disputes, which could easily be put right if the conciliation machinery were used.
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It has also in certain minor disputes done excellent work in conciliation.
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The public often seeks police assistance to settle family quarrels, counsel juveniles, and mediate minor disputes.
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Lesser offenses were heard in county courts or by commissioners appointed for hearing minor disputes.
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