as in tiny
very small in size
a soft drink with only an infinitesimal amount of caffeine
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Recent Examples of infinitesimal
Far from merely giving orders, directors are participants in a social reality in which the most important results aren’t the naked-eye ones of deeds achieved but the magic infinitesimal moments that expand into big-screen spectacles.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
There was hugely more of it and less of me, rendered infinitesimal in the presence of this immensity.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The most infinitesimal bit of matter has a span.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
And yet, what on TV is more fun than watching Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell go steaming headlong into a ballroom full of fury and vengeance for some infinitesimal slight?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
There was hugely more of it and less of me, rendered infinitesimal in the presence of this immensity.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The most infinitesimal bit of matter has a span.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
And yet, what on TV is more fun than watching Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell go steaming headlong into a ballroom full of fury and vengeance for some infinitesimal slight?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
Adjective
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One new study looked at how the coloring of microplastics – the tiny bits of plastics found everywhere from our rivers to our brains – may actually be helping increase temperatures.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The lab didn't take DNA samples from each fish, which can be done by clipping off a tiny bit of one fin.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Laptops at this price range are as basic as can be, maybe not in features or software, but in hardware and specs, with minuscule amounts of RAM and weak, underpowered processors.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Those figures, combined with much more existential climate crises like extreme weather, pollution and food insecurity, make eliminating a tour’s worth of plastic feel minuscule.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Hantaviruses are groups of viruses – microscopic organisms that infect hosts – transmitted by mice and rats.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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To protect the fragile ecosystem from invasive species large and microscopic, visitors are told to stay away from animals and to avoid touching the ground with anything but their feet.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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