"moindre" meaning in French

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      "word": "c’est la moindre des choses"
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      "word": "de deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre"
    },
    {
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      "word": "entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre"
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      "word": "la moindre"
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      "word": "le moindre"
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      "word": "loi du moindre effort"
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      "word": "amoindrir"
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      "expansion": "Old French meindre",
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French meindre, the nominative case of menor, inherited from Latin minor. Doublet of mineur.",
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      "form": "moindres",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "moindrement"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "lower; less; lesser",
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        "comparative degree of petit; lower; less; lesser"
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          "english": "The slighest doubt.",
          "text": "le moindre doute",
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        },
        {
          "english": "If I hear the slightest sound, I will shoot.",
          "text": "Si j’entends le moindre son, je tirerai.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of petit; the smallest, the slightest, the least"
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      "word": "c’est la moindre des choses"
    },
    {
      "word": "de deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre"
    },
    {
      "word": "entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre"
    },
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      "word": "la moindre"
    },
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      "word": "le moindre"
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    {
      "word": "loi du moindre effort"
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          "english": "The slighest doubt.",
          "text": "le moindre doute",
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        },
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          "english": "If I hear the slightest sound, I will shoot.",
          "text": "Si j’entends le moindre son, je tirerai.",
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