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Minutiae Details Plural Small Minor Likes Thinking Big

word minutiae
definition Very small or minor details.
eg_sentence She likes “thinking big,” and gets annoyed when her job requires her to deal with what she considers minutiae.
explanation As you might guess, this word comes straight from Latin. The Romans used it in its singular form, minutia, to mean “smallness,” and in the plural to mean “trifles”; today we almost always use it in the plural with that same “trifles” meaning. Hardly anyone ever talks about minutiae except to dismiss their importance. So you may talk about the minutiae of daily life or the minutiae of a contract, or about getting bogged down or buried in minutiae at the office. Just don't forget that the devil is often in the details.
IPA mɪˈnuʃiə

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