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flyspeck::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny |
the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy.
Examples of flyspeck
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Plus those youthful Marxists who flyspeck television listings for sporadic, interrupted revivals.
From the time.com
Expect flyspeck scrutiny of agencies implementing the law.
From the dailyherald.com
The world, for all its misery and flyspeck existence in a galaxy of countless dead stars, is something very special.
From the time.com
When a rock star reaches memoir-writing age, his or her most impactful music is usually a flyspeck in the rearview mirror.
From the npr.org
Stimulus measures to drag the U.S. out of its current slump are a comparative flyspeck because they're temporary.
From the businessweek.com
A flyspeck of a flaw, perhaps.
From the washingtonpost.com
Tazenda, in Second Foundation, is supposed to be a more or less barbarian kingdom, a flyspeck polity that only rules 20 planets.
From the guardian.co.uk
The result was vague and nagging alarm, a suspicion that the world's largest military power had trouble subduing a flyspeck island.
From the time.com
In the overall $2.5 trillion consumer-credit market, this kind of lending is a flyspeck, but it has the potential to change how lending is done.
From the businessweek.com
- A tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
- Bantam: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
- Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot; By extension of above, anything tiny or insignificant; Puny; barely worth noticing
- (flyspecks) Minute oxidation spots on a coin, often caused by small droplets of spittle from talking over the coin.
- (flyspecks) microscopic carbon spots on the surface of a coin.
