What (who) is Slight - definition
slight
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Slight (surname); Slight (disambiguation)
n. (lit.)
slur
a slight on, to (a slight on smb.'s honor)
slight
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I. a.
1.
Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant.
2.
Weak, feeble, gentle.
3.
Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty, careless, negligent.
4.
Perishable, flimsy.
5.
Contemptible, worthless, frivolous, paltry.
6.
Slim, slender.
7.
Contemptuous, disdainful.
8.
Faint.
II. n.
1.
Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignity.
2.
See sleight.
III. v. a.
1.
Neglect, disregard, disdain, despise, scorn.
2.
Overlook.
slight
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(slighter, slightest, slights, slighting, slighted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity.
Doctors say he has made a slight improvement...
We have a slight problem...
He's not the slightest bit worried.
= small
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
A slight person has a fairly thin and delicate looking body.
She is smaller and slighter than Christie...
ADJ
• slightly
...a slightly built man.
ADV: ADV -ed
3.
If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important.
They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
VERB: usu passive, feel V-ed
•
Slight is also a noun.
It isn't a slight on my husband that I enjoy my evening class.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
4.
You use in the slightest to emphasize a negative statement.
That doesn't interest me in the slightest...
PHRASE: with brd-neg [emphasis]
Pronunciation examples for Slight
1. in a slight incline.
People Like Us _ Hashi Mohamed _ Talks at Google
2. He had slight eczema.
Robin Dreeke _ Respect through the Code of Trust _ Talks at Google
3. Slight telephoto, but telephoto.
The Lens is the Brush _ Vincent Versace _ Talks at Google
4. a slight markup.
Real Man Adventures _ Adam Mansbach & T Cooper _ Talks at Google
5. Some slight differences here.
Johnson _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Slight
1. "I had a slight heart attack and a slight stroke.
2. The polls had given John McCain a slight edge as Republican frontrunner, but only a slight one.
3. "So net–net, ASPs for the country will be flat, with maybe a slight, slight decline," he added.
4. Of the other three provinces, Herat and Badghis showed a slight upward trend, and Nimroz a slight decline.
5. Guest Nancy Liedel stated: "We started to feel a slight lean...then the slight lean became a sharp list.