minor significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandsignificance
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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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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofminorandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Additionally, 13-2% of single unmarried mothers had an independent apartment; other forms of housing were ofminorsignificance.
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This was ofminorsignificanceand would not have required surgical treatment in itself.
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Thus, although selfpollination may well occur, it is clearly ofminorsignificancecompared to outcrossing.
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In sum, the presence or absence of a rib contusion was of nominorsignificancein the trial.
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Of course, prodigiousness of output is not in itself a mark of distinction; however, these are not works ofminorsignificance.
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The analysis of the associated fields shows that highly magnetized transpor t takes place and that the electrostatic fields are ofminorsignificance.
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She concluded that this factor, which could be variously viewed as mitigating or aggravating, was ofminorsignificance.
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Such inquiries command public confidence because inspectors are seen to be genuinely impartial and feel free to make recommendations which have radical orminorsignificance.
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We should have a massive concern for those matters, as they are not issues ofminorsignificance.
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That is a matter ofminorsignificanceagainst the issues that we have to resolve.
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Our debate is not about something ofminorsignificance.
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Qualified majority voting has been extended to more than 30 additional provisions, but these provisions cover matters ofminorsignificance.
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The taking of photographs from television pictures for private use is ofminorsignificanceand does no harm to anyone.
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This may appear to be ofminorsignificance, but it is very important to those people concerned when so much is at stake.
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The numbers of changes and amendments can be considerable and of great complexity, but will often be concerned with matters of detail orminorsignificance.
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That is ofminorsignificancecompared to the matter of frozen pasteurised cream possibly leading to whole pasteurised milk—a matter which was never put to us at all.
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This programme is now of veryminorsignificance, except for one point.
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