Minutiae
noun
Small, unimportant details.
The committee focused on the minutiae of the report, overlooking the major issues.
Often appears as...
- focus on minutiae
- observe minutiae
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Academic
noun
The minor or fine details.
The lawyer delved into the minutiae of the contract looking for possible loopholes.
Often appears as...
- minutiae of the case
- minutiae of the law
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Formal, Neutral
Technical
noun
Small, unimportant details.
The committee focused on the minutiae of the report, overlooking the major issues.
Often appears as...
- focus on minutiae
- observe minutiae
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The minor or fine details.
The lawyer delved into the minutiae of the contract looking for possible loopholes.
Often appears as...
- minutiae of the case
- minutiae of the law
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Detail Intensity
Minutiae means very small details that might seem excessive.
He was fascinated by the minutiae of her daily routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
Can imply obsession with unnecessary details as a negative trait.
Her constant attention to minutiae is honestly quite tiresome.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Trivial
Sometimes, minutiae can be important in certain contexts or professions.
In surgery, attention to minutiae can save lives.
Pro Tip 1/3Detail Intensity
Minutiae means very small details that might seem excessive.
He was fascinated by the minutiae of her daily routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
Can imply obsession with unnecessary details as a negative trait.
Her constant attention to minutiae is honestly quite tiresome.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Trivial
Sometimes, minutiae can be important in certain contexts or professions.
In surgery, attention to minutiae can save lives.
Pro Tip 1/3Detail Intensity
Minutiae means very small details that might seem excessive.
He was fascinated by the minutiae of her daily routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
Can imply obsession with unnecessary details as a negative trait.
Her constant attention to minutiae is honestly quite tiresome.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Trivial
Sometimes, minutiae can be important in certain contexts or professions.
In surgery, attention to minutiae can save lives.
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
Instead of making better choices, we become overwhelmed by choice, sometimes even afraid of it. Choice no longer offers opportunities, but imposes constraints. It's not a marker of liberation, but of suffocation by meaningless minutiae.
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The art of choosing -...
choices we've become overwhelmed by choice sometimes even afraid of it choice no longer offers opportunities but imposes constraints it's not a marker of liberation but of suffocation by meaningless minutiae in other words
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Stand Next to the Sun...
amazement and simply want to know more about science and want it to be a part of their life not to necessarily understand all of the minutiae and sort of the gory details you know but to
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
Instead of making better choices, we become overwhelmed by choice, sometimes even afraid of it. Choice no longer offers opportunities, but imposes constraints. It's not a marker of liberation, but of suffocation by meaningless minutiae.
Video examples
The art of choosing -...
choices we've become overwhelmed by choice sometimes even afraid of it choice no longer offers opportunities but imposes constraints it's not a marker of liberation but of suffocation by meaningless minutiae in other words
Video examples
Stand Next to the Sun...
amazement and simply want to know more about science and want it to be a part of their life not to necessarily understand all of the minutiae and sort of the gory details you know but to
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Quote examples
Tabatha Coffey
Australian Celebrity
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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Anna Boden
American Director
Especially as an independent director, when you're writing something on spec and you're trying to get it sold, you create this entire world in your head and you feel like you know every minutiae of how everything should be.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
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Sigmar Gabriel
German Politician
In the business of politics, emotions and productive dissatisfaction with the world in which we live today are gradually being covered up by the minutiae of ordinary life.
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you want to love your life more, you can begin by living and loving more of it - by zestfully living and loving every teeny-tiny, gorgeously-detailed minutiae moment!
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Mary-Louise Parker
American Actress
I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
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Peter Kay
English Comedian
Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.
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Anne McCaffrey
American Author
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale.
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Pamela Sue Martin
American Actress
I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.
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Scarlett Thomas
English Author
My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.
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Tabatha Coffey
Australian Celebrity
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
Quote examples
Anna Boden
American Director
Especially as an independent director, when you're writing something on spec and you're trying to get it sold, you create this entire world in your head and you feel like you know every minutiae of how everything should be.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Quote examples
Sigmar Gabriel
German Politician
In the business of politics, emotions and productive dissatisfaction with the world in which we live today are gradually being covered up by the minutiae of ordinary life.
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you want to love your life more, you can begin by living and loving more of it - by zestfully living and loving every teeny-tiny, gorgeously-detailed minutiae moment!
Quote examples
Mary-Louise Parker
American Actress
I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
Quote examples
Peter Kay
English Comedian
Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.
Quote examples
Anne McCaffrey
American Author
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale.
Quote examples
Pamela Sue Martin
American Actress
I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.
Quote examples
Scarlett Thomas
English Author
My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.
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