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Meanings of modest in inglés
Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance.
Related terms
Limited in size or scope.
Synonyms
Examples for "small"
Examples for "small"
1
Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound.
2
However, the Commission said Platinum was a relatively small player in Europe.
3
NZ and the EU talk small business gains from free trade deal.
4
However, the number of cases reported in the non-HIV population is small.
5
One small problem: the builders hadn't actually finished building the flat yet.
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The victim suffered minor injuries, New York Police Sergeant John Buthorn said.
2
That said; there's a propensity to underestimate a temporary or minor problem.
3
However, they may also point to minor myocardial injury in other circumstances.
4
They thought it was important enough to override minor political constraints-theirwords.
5
However, it said it expects eventual losses to production to be minor.
1
Though I admit, calling the pocket-sized Clips just a camera feels incomplete.
2
There was the sudden blaring of a pocket-sized air horn from outside.
3
The small pocket-sized device could be the Goldilocks of the consumer drone market.
4
We have seen the future and it is pocket-sized, battery-operated, slim and seductive.
5
This pocket-sized speaker system has a full sound and takes four AAA batteries.
1
And the benefits of these small-scale consumer driven changes are often minor.
2
But small-scale farmers generally did not benefit from increases in tobacco production.
3
In any case, Renaissance and Reformation were, in global terms, small-scale phenomena.
4
It is also introducing feed-in-tariffs next year to promote small-scale renewable generation.
5
Tourism is mostly small-scale with family run guesthouses rather than international resorts.
1
Barretts has books available in three different sizes, from the minuscule to the pocket-size.
2
The pocket-size shop often hosts live performances on Friday afternoons.
3
OK, it's really just a pocket-size notebook for odd jottings.
4
Judging that the morning haze would veil any smoke, Shann built a pocket-size fire.
5
He made pocket-size cartons, filled with whole ones, crafty man!
Usage of modest in inglés
1
Asia ex-Japan and Europe, Middle East & Africa funds saw modest inflows.
2
United Fruit Company paid Guatemala's government modest sums in exchange for land.
3
It left open the possibility of modest rate rises later this year.
4
Conclusions: TAP reduced transmission risk among HIV-positive MSM, although results are modest.
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However, their goals needed to produce the initial game are quite modest.
6
Shooting and farming groups said the changes were modest and common sense.
7
There are modest signs that capital market conditions are improving, Sutherland said.
8
Next year will see our economy growing at a relatively modest pace.
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Expectations for significant international repercussions from Iran's election result are generally modest.
10
The project has been a great success for a relatively modest budget.
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Under standardized animal husbandry conditions, PLP-A possesses modest effects on reproductive performance.
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Conclusions: Although highly significant, the overall effect sizes for medication were modest.
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Still, stock losses were modest given the scale of their recent rise.
14
However, this point played only a modest role in the court's judgment.
15
We hope to get a modest deal, said CAW President Ken Lewenza.
16
Stocks were down fractionally across Europe, extending a pattern of modest decline.
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