as in tiny
very small in size
for years we lived in a teensy apartment that was the size of the proverbial broom closet
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Recent Examples of teensy
Hummingbirds are accustomed to feeding at patches of flowers, where each blossom contains just a teensy-tiny amount of life-giving nectar.
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
That game was developed by the teensy two-person Swedish studio Dennaton Games and somehow went on to sell over 1.5 million copies.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2022
There are also a few teensy grains of zircon from Jack Hills, Australia, dated to about 4.4 billion years old.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2017
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
That game was developed by the teensy two-person Swedish studio Dennaton Games and somehow went on to sell over 1.5 million copies.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2022
There are also a few teensy grains of zircon from Jack Hills, Australia, dated to about 4.4 billion years old.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teensy
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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“Teensy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teensy. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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