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modicum

noun as in bit, small amount

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The U.S. government should expedite their cases while showing some modicum of flexibility in reviewing their documentation.

If I am dressed “modestly,” then they can perhaps generate a modicum of understanding.

Robbie was rejected by his brothers and sisters, and only his mother showed a modicum of sympathy.

Jobs must have had at least a modicum of decency, or he never would have called the Rose family in the first place.

He has failed to give Texans even the modicum of respect required to actively scam them.

A modicum of mental training would have led him to say, “Kindly send me your Prospectus.”

The only forces appealed to were the fear of punishment and a modicum of religious exhortation.

Even waste and misuse are regulated by education and experience where there is even a modicum of intelligence.

A rather absurd little modicum of jam is also served out, but it serves to sweeten a biscuit.

I am master of my profession, and I have a certain modicum of business ability, as well as common sense.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to modicum, such as: iota, ounce, shred, atom, crumb, and dash.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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