We have no meanings for "mere afterthought" in our records yet.
1 Or it could turn out to be a mere afterthought , a recorded highlight.
2 When the MDGs were promulgated in 2001, data and metrics were a mere afterthought .
3 The second makes her a mere afterthought .
4 The energy of these plants seems to be concentrated in the production of an elegant and proud form, the fruit being a mere afterthought .
5 "Jason been in today?" he asked casually, as if it were a mere afterthought .
6 They are carefully led up to, of course; but they are uttered as if they are mere afterthoughts of which the speaker is hardly sure.
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