minuscule amount

collocation in English

meaningsofminusculeandamount

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minuscule
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ə.skjuːl/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.skjuːl/
extremely ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk
/əˈmaʊnt/us
/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofminusculeandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Aminusculeamountof justification may lie behind a few of them.
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They can be achieved with an absolutelyminusculeamountof finance.
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It is aminusculeamountand will not make much difference to the hardwood planting.
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Grains of sand would be more appropriate for such aminusculeamount.
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How much worse, therefore, is it likely to be when we are allowed such aminusculeamountof time?
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The collection of thisminusculeamountof money is simply not worth the candle.
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Only aminusculeamountof the proceeds would be required.
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However, that was aminusculeamountof help in the face of the barrage of punitive tax measures.
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This country substantially supports and subsidises its coal industry and imports aminusculeamountof coal from other countries.
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When it began to cost too much to collect theminusculeamountof money every year, the builder sold on the leaseholds, sometimes offloading them at auction.
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And appeals against an adverse decision on even aminusculeamountcan go through several tiers of formal adjudication lasting a matter of years before the final outcome is known.
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Community care is a great concept which is being backed by aminusculeamountof money.
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I often table amendments of this kind in the hope that one day someone will accept one; and by thatminusculeamount, legislation will be easier to understand.
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Sheep graze all around a wind farm and the only land used is theminusculeamountfor each windmill.
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After completion, the final cost was $100,000, which is not aminusculeamountconsidering the evidence of a depression.
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Infant formula was not produced locally, and only aminusculeamountwas imported.
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He is giving aminusculeamountcompared to the cost of war and rehabilitation of injured soldiers.
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Polymers derived from simple vinyl monomers have such high ceiling temperatures that only aminusculeamountof monomers remain in the polymer at ordinary temperatures.
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Due to the difficulty of handling such a potent toxin and theminusculeamountthat could be collected, a comprehensive structure determination involved several difficulties.
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These compartments, or bulbs or cells, hold a mixture of noble gases and aminusculeamountof another gas (e.g., mercury vapor).
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