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Pronunciation: [mˈi͡əɹəst] (IPA)

"Merest" is an adjective that means "the smallest or slightest." It is often used to emphasize the insignificance of something. There are several synonyms to describe something "merest". "Minimal" means the smallest possible amount or quantity required. "Trivial" and "insignificant" refer to something that is unimportant or not worth consideration. "Mere" and "meager" also describe something small or inadequate. "Narrow" refers to something that is limited or restricted, while "petty" means something is trivial or unimportant. Additionally, "basic" or "fundamental" describes something as simple and limited, while "bare" refers to something with very little or nothing. These synonyms are useful to communicate ideas concerning small or slight quantities or insignificance.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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The merest stranger cannot but experience a sense of disgust at the contrast.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Popular misery and decadence, he would say, is always very largely the result of bad laws and other bad civil conditions, as we see it plainly to have been in the case of the Irish cottiers, the Scotch crofters, and the rural labourers of England, and when the community has really inflicted the injury, the community is bound in the merest justice to repair it.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Grey eyes lifted her eyebrows the merest fraction.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford

Famous quotes with Merest

  • The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
    Douglas Adams
  • How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.
    Richard Burton
  • Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
    Friedrich Schiller
  • The German is like the slave who, without chains, obeys his masters merest word, his very glance. The condition of servitude is inherent in him, in his very soul and worse than the physical is the spiritual slavery. The Germans must be set free from wit
    Heinrich Heine

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