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How to use minutia in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Minutia means a minor detail, often of negligible importance. Example: “They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.”

Examples of minutia by meaning

nounA minor detail, often of negligible importance.

  • They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.

More sentences with minutia

  • Ah, a discussion of definitional minutia: just my cup of tea!From the entry someone's cup of tea
  • This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada.2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times. From the entry Sudbury
  • There are details and details and details that have been used against me that are minutiae.2003 July 30, Gregg Jones, quoting Darrell Issa, “Record Does Not Support All of Candidate Issa’s Claims”, in Los Angeles Times. From the entry publicable
  • But what makes Fat Lace truly British is its trainspotterish obsession with hip-hop minutiae.1999 April, SPIN, volume 15, number 4, page 92. From the entry trainspotterish
  • They argue all the time over minutiae.2018 July 5, Patrick Ameye, The Improved Original, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry water-witch
  • McCain's message, while similar in content and equally as valid, is lost in the minutiae of “'high-risk' pools” and wonky jargon.2010, Michael Maslansky, Scott West, Gary DeMoss, David Saylor, The Language of Trust: Selling Ideas in a World of Skeptics. From the entry wonky
  • To the ranks of wonky risk management professionals who have toiled over the minutia of E.S.G. reports for decades now, the political fracas is perplexing.2023 February 28, David Gelles, “How E.S.G. Became Public Enemy No. 1 for Conservatives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry fracas
  • When they go for a drink at the local pub, they may be quite bored with the gory minutiae of the local gossip.2013 March 22, Ethel Crowley, Your Place or Mine?: Community and Belonging in Twenty-First Century Ireland, Orpen Press, →ISBN. From the entry gory
  • Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings; to decipher monograms; to collect facts.1914, P. S. Allen, The Age of Erasmus. From the entry handwriting
  • Only this life with Clifford, this endless spinning of webs of yarn, of the minutiae of consciousness, these stories Sir Malcolm said there was nothing in, and they wouldn't last.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter I, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC. From the entry sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

Meaning of minutia

  1. noun A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
  2. noun Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

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Questions about minutia in a sentence

How do you use minutia in a sentence?
Minutia is used as a noun. For example: “They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.”
What is a short sentence with minutia?
“They argue all the time over minutiae.”
What does minutia mean?
Minutia means a minor detail, often of negligible importance.

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