What does minutia mean?
Minutia means A minor detail, often of negligible importance..
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/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ · noun
A minor detail, often of negligible importance..
They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
I think I can ſee the preciſe and diſtinguiſhing marks of national characters more in theſe nonſenſical minutiæ, than in the moſt important matters of ſtate ; where great men of all nations talk and ſtalk ſo much alike, that I would not give ninepence to chuſe amongſt them.
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Minutia means A minor detail, often of negligible importance..
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They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
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