Slight: alternatives and connections

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

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Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

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To conceal.

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To conceal.

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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of Cut

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To sob with convulsions.

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To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

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To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

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See Offense.

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Alt. of Offence

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The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

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The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

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To sob with convulsions.

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To sob with convulsions.

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Unless.

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Unless.

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Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy ar…

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Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Worthless; bad.

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Thin; slender; small; minute.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Wanting physical strength.

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