See slight on Wiktionary
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"text": "give it a slight kick",
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"text": "a slight hint of cinnamon",
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"ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
"text": "Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].",
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"ref": "2014, Edward Y. Odisho, “Some Primary Sources of Accent Generation in the Pronunciation of Arabic by Native Speakers of English”, in Mediterranean Language Review, volume 21, →DOI, page 100 of 91–104:",
"text": "Even though there is slight quality variation between the long and short versions of Arabic vowels, the variation is rarely noticeable even by some phoneticians; hence, it does not amount to a source of even phonetic accent except for those learners of Arabic whose language has a strictly centrifugal vowel system such as Spanish, Italian, Tagalog, among others.",
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],
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{
"text": "The sea was slight and calm",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Still; with little or no movement on the surface."
],
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[
"Still",
"still"
]
],
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"(especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface."
],
"raw_tags": [
"said of the sea"
],
"tags": [
"especially"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1859, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Canto 1, lines 781-784:",
"text": "But no beast ever was so slight,\nFor man, as for his god, to fight;\nThey have more wit, alas! and know\nThemselves and us better than so.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Foolish; silly; not intellectual."
],
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"links": [
[
"Foolish",
"foolish"
],
[
"silly",
"silly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual."
],
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{
"word": "daft"
},
{
"word": "fatuous"
},
{
"word": "soft in the head"
},
{
"word": "foolish"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "heikkomielinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "minderbemittelt"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "einfach"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "dumm"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "einfach gestrickt"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "schlicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
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"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "buta"
},
{
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"sense": "weak in intellect",
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},
{
"_dis1": "17 6 4 9 1 6 1 31 15 10",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "együgyű"
}
]
},
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"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings\nwe frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles"
}
],
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[
"regional",
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],
[
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"bad"
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],
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"word": "flimsy"
},
{
"word": "lousy"
},
{
"word": "shoddy"
},
{
"word": "low-quality"
}
],
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"obsolete",
"regional"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "huono"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "heikkolaatuinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "kehno"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "einfach"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "schlecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "minderwertig"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "billig"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "silány"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "ócska"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "hitvány"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 78 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of poor quality",
"word": "gyatra"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:",
"text": "This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Slighting; treating with disdain."
],
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[
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],
[
"disdain",
"disdain"
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],
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"(dated) Slighting; treating with disdain."
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{
"word": "contemptuous"
},
{
"word": "disdainful"
},
{
"word": "scornful"
},
{
"word": "disdainful"
}
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"dated"
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}
],
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},
{
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},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "طَفِيف"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malǎk",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "малък"
},
{
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"roman": "neznačitelen",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "незначителен"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "feble"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "dèbil"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "輕微的"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "轻微的"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "nepatrný"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "drobný"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "maličký"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "onbeduidend"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "small in amount",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "vähäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "heikko"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "small",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "pieni"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not thorough",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "pintapuolinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
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"note": "not serious",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "lievä"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "very near",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "välitön"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "hienoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "vieno"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignifiant"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "geringfügig"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "gering"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"word": "unbedeutend"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "wenig"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "schwach"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "klein"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "unerheblich"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "unwichtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "thoṛā",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "थोड़ा"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "csekély"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "jelentéktelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "kevés"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "kevéske"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "leggero"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "debole"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "lieve"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wazuka na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "僅な"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sasai na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "些細な"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keibi na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "軽微な"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "masshōteki na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "末梢的な"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumaranai",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "つまらない"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yakgan-ui",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "약간의"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "drobny"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "mały"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "ligeiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leve"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neznačítelʹnyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "незначи́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bȅznačājan"
},
{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leve"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "ligero"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "obetydlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neznačnyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "незначний"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lehkyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "легкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slabkyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "слабкий"
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{
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{
"args": {
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{
"args": {
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"2": "sljocht",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "slecht",
"3": "",
"4": "bad"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "slecht",
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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{
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"text": "the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies",
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"word": "не зачитам"
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"word": "忽視"
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"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
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"word": "忽视"
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "轻视"
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
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"literary"
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
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"imperfective"
],
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
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"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "desprezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "vernachlässigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "kränken"
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{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "zurücksetzen"
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{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "beleidigen"
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{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "abschätzig behandeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "geringschätzig behandeln"
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{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "missachten"
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"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "mellőz"
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{
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"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "semmibe vesz"
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{
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "lekicsinyel"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "軽んじる"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iyashimeru",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "賎しめる"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keishi suru",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "軽視する"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "temnō"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "pī"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "tīkai"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "whakatīkai"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 6 23 0 3 5 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of",
"word": "küçük görmek"
}
]
},
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{
"word": "value"
},
{
"word": "esteem"
}
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"ref": "1915, Josephine Turck Baker, Correct English, volumes 16-17, page 182:",
"text": "Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To give lesser weight or importance to."
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"(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to."
],
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"_dis1": "1 91 2 1 4 0 2",
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"roman": "prenebregvam",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "пренебрегвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 2 1 4 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "herabsetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 2 1 4 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "verharmlosen"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "schmälern"
},
{
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"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "nicht betonen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 2 1 4 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "abmindern"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "herabmindern"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 2 1 4 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
"word": "verkleinern"
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{
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"sense": "to give lesser weight or importance",
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"word": "honor"
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"ref": "1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal:",
"text": "Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.",
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"neglect",
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[
"hatred",
"hatred"
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[
"jealousy",
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[
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"(transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward."
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"word": "contemn"
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{
"word": "despise"
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"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
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"word": "презирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
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"imperfective"
],
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},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "kränken"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "missachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "verachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "beleidigen"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "becsmérel"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "fitymál"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 1 77 0 3 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to treat with disdain or neglect",
"word": "megvet"
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"(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly."
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"_dis1": "0 0 4 91 0 0 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pravja nebrežno",
"sense": "to act negligently or carelessly",
"word": "правя небрежно"
}
]
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"ref": "1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:",
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"To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition."
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"(transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition."
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"war"
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{
"ref": "1620, Gervase Markham, Farwell to Hvsbandry:",
"text": "After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.",
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"(obsolete, transitive) To make even or level."
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:",
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"To throw heedlessly."
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"(transitive) To throw heedlessly."
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"ref": "1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin:",
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},
{
"ref": "1997, Alanis Morissette (lyrics and music), “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette:",
"text": "But you, you're not allowed\n You're uninvited\n An unfortunate slight",
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"text": "The sea was slight and calm",
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"ref": "1859, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Canto 1, lines 781-784:",
"text": "But no beast ever was so slight,\nFor man, as for his god, to fight;\nThey have more wit, alas! and know\nThemselves and us better than so.",
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"word": "foolish"
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"text": "1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings\nwe frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles"
}
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"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
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"word": "незначителен"
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"word": "feble"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "輕微的"
},
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"word": "drobný"
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"word": "maličký"
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"word": "onbeduidend"
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "vähäinen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "pintapuolinen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "hienoinen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "vieno"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "insignifiant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "léger"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "geringfügig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leicht"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "gering"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "unbedeutend"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "wenig"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "schwach"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "klein"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "unerheblich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "unwichtig"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"word": "थोड़ा"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "csekély"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "jelentéktelen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "kevés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "kevéske"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "leggero"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "debole"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "lieve"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wazuka na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "僅な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sasai na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "些細な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keibi na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "軽微な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "masshōteki na",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "末梢的な"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "つまらない"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yakgan-ui",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "약간의"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "drobny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "mały"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "ligeiro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leve"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neznačítelʹnyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "незначи́тельный"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "insignificante"
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "leve"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "ligero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "obetydlig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neznačnyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "незначний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "lehkyj",
"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "легкий"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "small in amount, insignificant",
"word": "слабкий"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "not stout or heavy; slender",
"word": "тънък"
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "hoikka"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not stout or heavy; slender",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not stout or heavy; slender",
"word": "schmächtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"word": "dünn"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "not stout or heavy; slender",
"word": "gebrechlich"
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
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"word": "tasainen"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "heikkomielinen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "minderbemittelt"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "weak in intellect",
"word": "einfach"
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"ipa": "[sl̥ɐɪʔ]",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezačitane",
"sense": "act of slighting",
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"word": "незачитане"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "忽視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hūshì",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "忽视"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urážka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "znevažování"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ignorování"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geringschätzung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kränkung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Herabschätzung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beleidigung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "bántás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "megbántás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "sértés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "sérelem"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "megalázás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "megaláztatás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "becsmérlés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "mellőzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "mellőzöttség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "semmibevétel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "fitymálás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "lekicsinylés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "félresöprés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "megvetés"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "keishi",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "軽視"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "avagaṇana",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"word": "അവഗണന"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of slighting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falta de respeto"
}
],
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}
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"ipa": "/sliːxt/"
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"ipa": "/slɛxt/"
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"word": "sleȝt"
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{
"word": "sleight"
},
{
"word": "sleiȝte"
},
{
"word": "sliȝt"
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